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Water Cabbage Comparison Guides

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

PlacementFloating
LightModerate
DifficultyBeginner
FlowLow (Still Water)
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Meebold's Lagenandra

Lagenandra meeboldii

Related Option
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Mermaid Weed

Proserpinaca palustris

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Mexican Oak Leaf

Shinnersia rivularis

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Mint Charlie

Clinopodium brownei

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Octopus Plant

Pogostemon stellatus

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Pearl Weed

Hemianthus micranthemoides

Related Option
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Pinnatifida

Hygrophila pinnatifida

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Quillwort

Isoetes lacustris

Related Option
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Red Ammannia

Ammannia pedicellata

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Robinson's Aponogeton

Aponogeton robinsonii

Related Option
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Scarlet Temple

Alternanthera reineckii

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Skeleton King

Bucephalandra kishii

Related Option
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Attached to hardscape
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Spadeleaf Plant

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

Related Option
Stem Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Spatterdock

Nuphar japonica

Related Option
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Sprouting Hairgrass

Eleocharis vivipara

Related Option
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Stargrass

Heteranthera zosterifolia

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Sweet Potato

Ipomoea batatas

Related Option
Other
Background
Attached to hardscape
BeginnerModerate

Temple Plant

Hygrophila corymbosa

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Tricolor Lily

Nymphaea micrantha

Related Option
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Primrose

Ludwigia palustris

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Wisteria

Hygrophila difformis

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Weeping Moss

Vesicularia ferriei

Related Option
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

African Onion Plant

Crinum calamistratum

Different Use Case
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Afzel's Anubias

Anubias afzelii

Different Use Case
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow