Aquarium plant guide
Easy aquarium plants
Easy aquarium plants thrive with minimal intervention — no CO2 injection required for most, tolerant of a range of lighting conditions, and forgiving of beginners still learning water chemistry. A good easy plant gives your tank structure, cover, and healthy nutrient uptake without demanding specialist equipment.
112 plants in this category
African Water FernBolbitis heudelotii
Amazon FrogbitLimnobium laevigatum
AmbuliaLimnophila heterophylla
Anubias BonsaiAnubias barteri
Anubias ButterflyAnubias barteri
Anubias CaladiifoliaAnubias barteri
Anubias CoffeefoliaAnubias barteri
Anubias Mini CoinAnubias barteri
Anubias Mini CongensisAnubias heterophylla
Anubias MinimaAnubias barteri
Anubias NanaAnubias barteri
Anubias Nana PetiteAnubias barteri
Anubias NangiAnubias 'Nangi'
Anubias PeacockAnubias barteri
Anubias Petite RoundAnubias barteri
Anubias PintoAnubias barteri
Anubias SupernovaAnubias heterophylla 'Supernova'
Asian WatergrassMurdannia keisak
Balansae CryptCryptocoryne crispatula 'Balansae'
Barteri AnubiasAnubias barteri
Broad Leaf CryptCryptocoryne sp. 'Broad Leaves'
Buce Bukit KelamBucephalandra pygmaea 'Bukit Kelam'
Buce KedagangBucephalandra sp. 'Kedagang'
Christmas MossVesicularia montagnei
Coin Leaf AnubiasAnubias barteri
Compact HygroHygrophila corymbosa 'Compact'
Compact MoneywortBacopa monnieri 'Compact'
Congo AnubiasAnubias heterophylla
Corkscrew ValVallisneria asiatica
Costata CryptCryptocoryne albida 'Costata'
Creeping BacopaBacopa australis
Creeping HygrophilaHygrophila serpyllum
Creeping RushJuncus repens
Crypt ParvaCryptocoryne parva
Crypt Wendtii TropicaCryptocoryne wendtii 'Tropica'
Dwarf Aquarium LilyNymphaea stellata
Dwarf Cardinal PlantLobelia cardinalis
Dwarf Chain SwordHelanthium bolivianum 'Quadricostatus'
Dwarf Four Leaf CloverMarsilea crenata
Dwarf HairgrassEleocharis acicularis
Dwarf Hairgrass MiniEleocharis parvula
Dwarf SagittariaSagittaria subulata
Fairy MossAzolla caroliniana
Flame MossTaxiphyllum sp. 'Flame'
Four Leaf PogostemonPogostemon quadrifolius
Giant Baby TearsMicranthemum umbrosum
Giant ValVallisneria gigantea
Golden Coin AnubiasAnubias barteri
Golden Nana AnubiasAnubias barteri
Gracilis AnubiasAnubias gracilis
Green RotalaRotala rotundifolia 'Green'
Green Wendtii CryptCryptocoryne wendtii 'Green'
Guppy GrassNajas guadalupensis
Hastifolia AnubiasAnubias hastifolia
Indian Guppy GrassNajas indica
Japan CloverHydrocotyle tripartita 'Japan'
Japanese CressCardamine lyrata
Java FernMicrosorum pteropus
Java MossTaxiphyllum barbieri
Lemon BacopaBacopa caroliniana
Longiplumulosus AponogetonAponogeton longiplumulosus
Lucens CryptCryptocoryne × willisii
Ludwigia Super RedLudwigia palustris 'Super Red'
Marimo Moss BallsAegagropila linnaei
Mexican OakleafShinnersia rivularis
Mi Oya CryptCryptocoryne wendtii 'Mi Oya'
Mini BolbitisBolbitis heteroclita 'Difformis'
Mini Cardinal PlantLobelia cardinalis 'Mini'
Mini HairgrassEleocharis pusilla
Mini Water CloverMarsilea minuta
Mini Water LettucePistia stratiotes
Narrow Leaf AnubiasAnubias barteri
Narrow Leaf Java Fern MiniMicrosorum pteropus 'Narrow Mini'
Needle Leaf BuceBucephalandra sp. 'Needle Leaf'
Peacock MossTaxiphyllum sp. 'Peacock'
Pearl WeedMicranthemum micranthemoides
PelliaMonosolenium tenerum
Petchii CryptCryptocoryne becketii 'Petchii'
Philippine AnubiasSchismatoglottis prietoi
Pink Panther CryptCryptocoryne wendtii 'Pink Panther'
Red BacopaBacopa caroliniana 'Red'
Red Wendtii CryptCryptocoryne wendtii 'Red'
Retrospiralis CryptCryptocoryne retrospiralis
Rotala RotundifoliaRotala rotundifolia
Roundleaf LinderniaLindernia rotundifolia
Rubin LudwigiaLudwigia repens 'Rubin'
Soft Leaf Java FernMicrosorum pteropus
Spiky MossTaxiphyllum sp. 'Spiky'
Spruce SalviniaSalvinia sprucei
Sri Lanka CryptCryptocoryne sp. 'Sri Lanka'
StargrassHeteranthera zosterifolia
Staurogyne BiharStaurogyne sp. 'Bihar'
Staurogyne RepensStaurogyne repens
Stringy MossLeptodictyum riparium
Striped AnubiasAnubias barteri
Taiwan MossTaxiphyllum alternans 'Taiwan'
Temple Plant 53BHygrophila corymbosa 'Siamensis 53B'
Tiger LotusNymphaea zenkeri
Tropica SwordEchinodorus grisebachii 'Tropica'
Ulvaceus AponogetonAponogeton ulvaceus
Umbrella HairgrassEleocharis vivipara
Usteriana CryptCryptocoryne usteriana
Water SpanglesSalvinia minima
Water SpriteCeratopteris thalictroides
Water VioletHottonia palustris
Water WisteriaHygrophila difformis
Watermelon PlantLindernia rotundifolia 'Watermelon'
Wavy Cardinal PlantLobelia cardinalis 'Wavy'
Wavy Green BuceBucephalandra pygmaea 'Wavy Green'
Weeping MossVesicularia ferriei 'Weeping'
Willisii CryptCryptocoryne × willisii
Windelov Java FernMicrosorum pteropus 'Windelov'
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