truevil

Just a simple question, which plants will do well in sand?
Thanks for any advice.

sirdarksol

The only one I'm sure of is water wisteria.

mathas

I have grown the following list of plants in sand:

- Alternanthera reineckii (http://plantgeek.net/plant-10.htm)
- Amazon sword (http://plantgeek.net/plant-89.htm)
- Ambulia (http://plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=149)
- Blyxa japonica (http://plantgeek.net/plant-38.htm)
- Cryptocoryne wendtii (http://plantgeek.net/plant-80.htm)
- Dwarf water clover (http://plantgeek.net/plant-287.htm)
- Jungle val (http://plantgeek.net/plant-193.htm)
- Ludwigia repens (http://plantgeek.net/plant-156.htm)
- Ocelot sword (http://plantgeek.net/plant-205.htm)
- Tiger lotus (http://plantgeek.net/plant-104.htm)
- Wisteria (http://plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=137)

I haven't had problems with any of them that were substrate-related.

Nutter

Most plants will do well in sand so long as you take care to plant them properly & to perform the extra little bit of maintainance needed. The exceptions are the plants that you would normally attach to something & that's just the way those plants are, not because of the kind of substrate & many foreground plants like hairgrass & glosso, which have small root systems that cannot get a good hold in sand. I have grown the following in sand with no problems:

Valisneria, Broad Leaf Amazon Sword, Radican Sword, Ozelot Sword, Anacharis, Anubius Barteri (many varities), Anubius Gracilis, Cryptocoryne Undulatus, Cryptocoryne Walkeri, Cryptocoryne Wendtii, Water Sprite, Water Wisteria, Ambulia, Bacopa, Tiger Lotus.

Valisneria, Water Wisteria & Ozelot Swords did particularly well.

Neji

I hear that all freshwater plants can be grown in the sand since sand is a lot easier for roots to spread around in the sand

fishfreak2009

I grow alternanthera reinecki, some aponogetons, cryptocoryne wendetti, various amazon swords, cabomba, elodea, water milfoil, pothos (yes it does grow under water ), water sprite, and hornwort in pool filter sand. They all grow well, especially the elodea.