Aquarium plant guide
Foreground aquarium plants
Foreground plants grow at the front of the tank, staying low to keep sightlines open and create the visual impression of a floor or ground layer. Carpet plants like dwarf hairgrass and Monte Carlo are the most popular choices, but compact rosettes and small rhizome plants also work well in the foreground without blocking the view.
81 plants in this category
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'
AR MiniAlternanthera reineckii 'Mini'
Araguaia HygrophilaHygrophila lancea 'Araguaia'
Barteri AnubiasAnubias barteri
Bonsai RotalaRotala indica 'Bonsai'
Brazilian Micro SwordLilaeopsis brasiliensis
Broad Leaf CryptCryptocoryne sp. 'Broad Leaves'
Buce Bukit KelamBucephalandra pygmaea 'Bukit Kelam'
Buce KedagangBucephalandra sp. 'Kedagang'
Christmas MossVesicularia montagnei
Coin Leaf AnubiasAnubias barteri
Congo AnubiasAnubias heterophylla
Coral MossRiccardia chamedryfolia
Costata CryptCryptocoryne albida 'Costata'
Creeping HygrophilaHygrophila serpyllum
Crypt NuriiCryptocoryne nurii
Crypt ParvaCryptocoryne parva
Crypt Wendtii TropicaCryptocoryne wendtii 'Tropica'
DownoiPogostemon helferi
Dwarf Baby TearsMicranthemum callitrichoides 'Cuba'
Dwarf Cardinal PlantLobelia cardinalis
Dwarf Chain SwordHelanthium bolivianum 'Quadricostatus'
Dwarf Four Leaf CloverMarsilea crenata
Dwarf HairgrassEleocharis acicularis
Dwarf Hairgrass MiniEleocharis parvula
Dwarf SagittariaSagittaria subulata
Eriocaulon VietnamEriocaulon sp. 'Vietnam'
Flame MossTaxiphyllum sp. 'Flame'
Giant Baby TearsMicranthemum umbrosum
GlossoGlossostigma elatinoides
Golden Coin AnubiasAnubias barteri
Golden Nana AnubiasAnubias barteri
Gracilis AnubiasAnubias gracilis
GratiolaGratiola viscidula
Green Wendtii CryptCryptocoryne wendtii 'Green'
Hastifolia AnubiasAnubias hastifolia
Japan CloverHydrocotyle tripartita 'Japan'
Java MossTaxiphyllum barbieri
Lucens CryptCryptocoryne × willisii
Marimo Moss BallsAegagropila linnaei
Mi Oya CryptCryptocoryne wendtii 'Mi Oya'
Mini Cardinal PlantLobelia cardinalis 'Mini'
Mini HairgrassEleocharis pusilla
Mini Water CloverMarsilea minuta
Monte CarloMicranthemum tweediei
Narrow Leaf AnubiasAnubias barteri
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'
Ranunculus InundatusRanunculus inundatus
Red CryptCryptocoryne albida 'Red'
Red Wendtii CryptCryptocoryne wendtii 'Red'
Samolus RedSamolus parviflorus 'Red'
Spiky MossTaxiphyllum sp. 'Spiky'
Sri Lanka CryptCryptocoryne sp. 'Sri Lanka'
Staurogyne RepensStaurogyne repens
Striped AnubiasAnubias barteri
Taiwan MossTaxiphyllum alternans 'Taiwan'
UGUtricularia graminifolia
Wavy Cardinal PlantLobelia cardinalis 'Wavy'
Wavy Green BuceBucephalandra pygmaea 'Wavy Green'
Weeping MossVesicularia ferriei 'Weeping'
Whorled PennywortHydrocotyle verticillata
Willisii CryptCryptocoryne × willisii
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