Background Plants

Background Plants are generally larger plants that grow tall and/or bushy/leafy. These types of plants usually require some planning in that, because of their size, they can limit the amount of light that reaches lower growing plants. When planning your aquascape, always keep in mind light requirements of all the plants you want to use. You may need to trim larger plants to ensure light reaches the leaves of those in its shade.

  • Hottonia Palustris (4-Pack)

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    Hottonia Palustris (4-Pack)

    Hottonia Palustris is a beautiful stalk plant that is a great beginner plant, but looks equally stunning in any aquascape, from beginner to advanced levels. The plant grows to have many curved shoots with "fanned", very green leaves that form a close...

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  • Ludwigia Palustris 'Super Red' (4-Pack)

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    Ludwigia Palustris 'Super Red' (4-Pack)

    Ludwigia Palustris is a stunning cosmopolitan stem plant that turns red easier than it's well known relative, the Ludwigia Repens 'Rubin'. It is also smaller than the 'rubin', making it ideal for those want a smaller, yet full, red plant. The stalks will...

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  • Ludwigia Repens 'Rubin'

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    Ludwigia Repens 'Rubin' (4-Pack)

    Ludwigia Repens 'Rubin' is a stunning plant that combines shades of both red and green. It will grow uncontested under normal light conditions and good substrate, offering green lower leaves and upper leaves that are beautiful shades of red and gold...

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  • Echinodorus 'Ozelot'

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    Echinodorus 'Ozelot' (4-Pack)

    Echinodorus 'Ozelot' is a decorative hybrid between Echinodorus schluteri 'Leopard' and Echinodorus ‘Barthii’. 20-50 cm tall and a 20-40 cm wide rosette. Naturally, it is the elliptical black spots on the red-brown leaves that have given this...

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  • Cryptocoryne Usteriana

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    Cryptocoryne Usteriana (4-Pack)

    Cryptocoryne Usteriana is one of the taller cryptocorynes and is very easy to grow. Leaves are 3-5 cm wide with an embossed surface; they can easily reach more than 50 cm length.With good light and fertilization, the upper side of the leaves will obtain...

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  • Pogostemon erectus

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    Pogostemon Erectus (4-Pack)

    The Indian Pogostemon erectus forms compact groups of bright green, conifer-like stems, 15-40 cm tall and 1-3 cm wide. Pogostemon erectus is suitable as a background plant and creates a wonderful focal point in both smaller and larger groups. Intense...

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  • Bacopa Caroliniana

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    Bacopa Caroliniana (4-Pack)

    Bacopa Caroliniana originates from US and has been used as an aquarium plant for many years. Stems become 10-30 cm long and 3-4 cm wide. Apart from relatively good light it makes few demands. Its slow growth rate makes it one of the few stem plants that...

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  • Limnophila hippuridoides

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    Limnophila Hippuridoides (4-Pack)

    Limnophila hippuridoides is originally from Asia and the stalks grow to be 20-50cm high and 6-10cm wide – often with beautiful outwards crooked shoot tips. A simple plant, able to adjust to various conditions. The leaves are green with a red-violet...

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  • Limnophila Sessiliflora

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    Limnophila Sessiliflora (4-Pack)

    Limnophila Sessiliflora is a good, undemanding plant from South-East Asia. It is a good alternative to Cabomba, which demands a lot of light. Stems grow fast up to 40 cm long and become 3-4 cm wide. The plant often grows leggy in poor light, but this can...

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  • Echinodorus Grisebachii 'Bleherae'

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    Echinodorus Grisebachii 'Bleherae' (4-Pack)

    An undemanding plant from South America, Echinodorus 'Bleherae' will benefit from a nutritious substrate to promote growth. It is important to note that this plant needs pruning to prevent it depriving plants underneath of light. Echinodorus bleheri...

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  • Hygrophila Corymbosa Siamensis 53B

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    Hygrophila Corymbosa Siamensis 53B (4-Pack)

    The Hygrophila 'Siamensis 53B' is a very solid performer in the planted aquarium, especially once it is established. This plant forms an incredible amount of side shoots and becomes bushy relatively rapidly. Stems become 15-40 cm tall and 7-12 cm wide...

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  • Rotala Rotundifolia (4-Pack)

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    Rotala Rotundifolia (4-Pack)

    Rotala Rotundifolia is a South-East Asia variety that has long, thin leaves and 15-30 long stems, 2-3 cm wide including the leaves. Unlike other Rotala species it is relatively undemanding, although it needs good light to produce red leaves. It...

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