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Water Hyacinth Coexistence Guides

Water Hyacinth is most often used floating, so these coexistence guides focus on other plants that can share that space and care envelope without turning the scape into a maintenance fight.

PlacementFloating
LightHigh
DifficultyBeginner
FlowLow (Still Water)
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Sweet Potato

Ipomoea batatas

Grows Well Together
Other
Background
Attached to hardscape
BeginnerModerate

Carolina Fanwort

Cabomba caroliniana

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Green Cabomba

Cabomba aquatica

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Background
AdvancedHigh

Mosaic Plant

Ludwigia sedioides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Background
AdvancedHigh

Radican Sword

Echinodorus cordifolius

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Parrot's Feather

Myriophyllum aquaticum

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Spadeleaf Plant

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Banana Plant

Nymphoides aquatica

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerModerate

Tiger Lotus

Nymphaea lotus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Hawthorn

Aponogeton distachyos

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Floating Water Sprite

Ceratopteris cornuta

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Red Mangrove

Rhizophora mangle

Works with Planning
Other
Background
AdvancedHigh

Water Cabbage

Pistia stratiotes

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Green Lily

Nymphaea glandulifera

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Mexican Oak Leaf

Shinnersia rivularis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Spatterdock

Nuphar japonica

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Tricolor Lily

Nymphaea micrantha

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Wisteria

Hygrophila difformis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Glosso

Glossostigma elatinoides

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
AdvancedHigh

Ricefield Weed

Limnophila aromatica

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Robinson's Aponogeton

Aponogeton robinsonii

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Hedge

Didiplis diandra

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Carolina Mosquito Fern

Azolla caroliniana

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Giant Salvinia

Salvinia molesta

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate