Giant Sagittaria
Sagittaria platyphylla
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
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Vesuvius Sword Comparison Guides
Use these comparisons when you like the job Vesuvius Sword does in the scape but want to weigh it against other plants with a similar role, shape, or care profile.
PlacementMidground
LightModerate
DifficultyIntermediate
FlowModerate (Standard)
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Leopard Val
Vallisneria nana
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Sprouting Hairgrass
Eleocharis vivipara
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
Midground
IntermediateModerate
Baby Tears
Lindernia rotundifolia
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Beckett's Water Trumpet
Cryptocoryne beckettii
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow
Broad-leaved Crypt
Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow
Cardinal Plant
Lobelia cardinalis
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Ditch Stonecrop
Penthorum sedoides
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Java Fern
Leptochilus pteropus
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow
Meebold's Lagenandra
Lagenandra meeboldii
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Stringy Moss
Leptodictyum riparium
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Midground
BeginnerLow
Willow Moss
Fontinalis antipyretica
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Midground
BeginnerLow
Anacharis
Egeria densa
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Bog Moss
Mayaca fluviatilis
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh
Carolina Fanwort
Cabomba caroliniana
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh
Creeping Jenny
Lysimachia nummularia
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Creeping Ludwigia
Ludwigia repens
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Dwarf Ambulia
Limnophila sessiliflora
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow
Dwarf Hygro
Hygrophila polysperma
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow
Dwarf Sagittaria
Sagittaria subulata
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerLow
Scarlet Temple
Alternanthera reineckii
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh
Afzel's Anubias
Anubias afzelii
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow
Anubias Barteri
Anubias barteri
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow
Green Lily
Nymphaea glandulifera
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate