Slender Hairgrass
Eleocharis acicularis
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate
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Water Hyacinth Comparison Guides
Use these comparisons when you like the job Water Hyacinth does in the scape but want to weigh it against other plants with a similar role, shape, or care profile.
PlacementFloating
LightHigh
DifficultyBeginner
FlowLow (Still Water)
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Spadeleaf Plant
Gymnocoronis spilanthoides
Stem Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate
Spatterdock
Nuphar japonica
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Sprouting Hairgrass
Eleocharis vivipara
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
Midground
IntermediateModerate
Stargrass
Heteranthera zosterifolia
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Sweet Potato
Ipomoea batatas
Other
Background
Attached to hardscape
BeginnerModerate
Temple Plant
Hygrophila corymbosa
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Tricolor Lily
Nymphaea micrantha
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Vesuvius Sword
Helanthium bolivianum
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Water Primrose
Ludwigia palustris
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Water Violet
Hottonia palustris
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Water Wisteria
Hygrophila difformis
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Weeping Moss
Vesicularia ferriei
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate
Whorled Pennywort
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh
Lucky Bamboo
Dracaena sanderiana
Other
Background
BeginnerLow
Balansae
Cryptocoryne crispatula
Rosette / Crown Plant
Background
Midground
BeginnerModerate
Broadleaf Crinum
Crinum natans
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate
Broadleaf Sword
Echinodorus bleheri
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow
Coral Pelia
Riccardia chamedryfolia
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
IntermediateModerate
Cylindric Ludwigia
Ludwigia glandulosa
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh
Ditch Stonecrop
Penthorum sedoides
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Dwarf Crypt
Cryptocoryne parva
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate
Giant Sagittaria
Sagittaria platyphylla
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Glosso
Glossostigma elatinoides
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
AdvancedHigh