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Uruguay Sword Comparison Guides

Use these comparisons when you like the job Uruguay Sword does in the scape but want to weigh it against other plants with a similar role, shape, or care profile.

PlacementMidground
LightModerate
DifficultyBeginner
FlowModerate (Standard)
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Sweet Potato

Ipomoea batatas

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Other
Background
Attached to hardscape
BeginnerModerate

Tricolor Lily

Nymphaea micrantha

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Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Wisteria

Hygrophila difformis

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Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Willow Moss

Fontinalis antipyretica

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Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Midground
BeginnerLow

Zippel's Fern

Microsorum zippelii

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Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Giant Crypt

Cryptocoryne usteriana

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Rosette / Crown Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Baby Tears

Lindernia rotundifolia

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Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Cardinal Plant

Lobelia cardinalis

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Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Creeping Jenny

Lysimachia nummularia

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Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Creeping Ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Crypt Wendtii

Cryptocoryne wendtii

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Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Ditch Stonecrop

Penthorum sedoides

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Mermaid Weed

Proserpinaca palustris

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Mint Charlie

Clinopodium brownei

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Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Moneywort

Bacopa monnieri

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Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Pinnatifida

Hygrophila pinnatifida

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Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Purple Bacopa

Bacopa salzmannii

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Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Skeleton King

Bucephalandra kishii

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Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Attached to hardscape
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Stringy Moss

Leptodictyum riparium

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Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Midground
BeginnerLow

Vesuvius Sword

Helanthium bolivianum

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Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Primrose

Ludwigia palustris

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Violet

Hottonia palustris

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Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Large Ammannia

Ammannia gracilis

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Pearl Weed

Hemianthus micranthemoides

Related Option
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate