Golden Nesaea
Nesaea crassicaulis
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh
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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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Green Cabomba
Cabomba aquatica
Stem Plant
Background
AdvancedHigh
HC Cuba / Dwarf Baby Tears
Hemianthus callitrichoides
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh
Large Ammannia
Ammannia gracilis
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh
Lemon Bacopa
Bacopa caroliniana
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Meebold's Lagenandra
Lagenandra meeboldii
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Melon Sword
Echinodorus osiris
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Moneywort
Bacopa monnieri
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Mosaic Plant
Ludwigia sedioides
Stem Plant
Background
AdvancedHigh
Nair's Lagenandra
Lagenandra nairii
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Attached to hardscape
IntermediateModerate
Quillwort
Isoetes lacustris
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate
Shoreweed
Littorella uniflora
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate
Silver Lagenandra
Lagenandra thwaitesii
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Skeleton King
Bucephalandra kishii
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Attached to hardscape
Midground
IntermediateModerate
Water Hedge
Didiplis diandra
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh
Water Onion
Crinum thaianum
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate
Zipper Moss
Fissidens zippelianus
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
IntermediateModerate
Boivin's Aponogeton
Aponogeton boivinianus
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate
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
Guppy Grass
Najas guadalupensis
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow
Jungle Val
Vallisneria americana
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow
Madagascar Lace Plant
Aponogeton madagascariensis
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedModerate