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Water Onion Coexistence Guides

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

PlacementBackground
LightModerate
DifficultyBeginner
FlowModerate (Standard)
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Willisii

Cryptocoryne x willisii

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Broad-leaved Crypt

Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Japanese Bamboo

Blyxa japonica

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Java Moss

Taxiphyllum barbieri

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

River Buttercup

Ranunculus inundatus

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh

Taiwan Moss

Taxiphyllum alternans

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

Whorled Pennywort

Hydrocotyle verticillata

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh

Meebold's Lagenandra

Lagenandra meeboldii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Hawthorn

Aponogeton distachyos

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Anacharis

Egeria densa

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Rotala

Rotala rotundifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Water Lily

Nymphaea stellata

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Japanese Cress

Cardamine lyrata

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Octopus Plant

Pogostemon stellatus

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Pearl Weed

Hemianthus micranthemoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Pinnatifida

Hygrophila pinnatifida

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Spadeleaf Plant

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Temple Plant

Hygrophila corymbosa

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Afzel's Anubias

Anubias afzelii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Anubias Barteri

Anubias barteri

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Bonsai Rotala

Rotala indica

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh

Carolina Mosquito Fern

Azolla caroliniana

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Congo Anubias

Anubias heterophylla

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Giant Salvinia

Salvinia molesta

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate