Best plants to attach to driftwood, rocks

What are the best low light plants to attach to driftwood and rocks for beginners? I have bought 3 pieces of driftwood, 2 pieces of Manzanita branches and some black slate pieces to stack. I love the look of the plants and mosses growing on driftwood, etc. in tanks so just seeking information on which low light plants are best for this. Do I attach it with clear fishing line? Thanks!

Here are some pics of what I have... there are two pieces of the branches but this just shows one of them. The other is almost identical. I was thinking of grouping the two of them together for maybe a better effect.

 

There are some amazing looking anubias plants that are perfect in lowlight low tech tanks. Really any type of anubias plant will work. Anubias nana is one of my personal favorites.

Another is Java moss. A beginners moss that can just be tied to wood or rocks. Makes the wood look aged and very natural. There are many Java moss sellers on this forum so you shouldn't have problems getting some.

And most people just tie their plants to driftwood using black or green cotton sewing thread. Really simple.

 

Java Moss is a great suggestion and one of my favorites. Java Fern is another good option for you.

 

As others have mentioned. Java moss is a really good low light plant and looks great attached to some driftwood or rocks. There's other types of mosses too. Java Fern and different types of Anubias are good. These three plants are great low light plants and don't require much maintenance.

 

Drop the regular Java fern/anubias look. And go with three bolbitis and a bit of weeping Moss.

 

I agree with the info above. The only thing I'll add is if you want something different looking, check out windelov fern. It's basically a fancier java fern, which I've also never seen get as big. Whether that's good or bad is up to you.

 

I have also seen people treat it as they would to make an air plant holding spot on a driftwood decor here on dry land: using a drill or similar (the larger drill bit, the better in this instance) they make a shallow hold into the wood no more than maybe 1/2-3/4 inch or maybe an inch deep at the most. They make this hole just a bit wider than the width of their clumps of bunching plants to allow for adequate water flow so it doesn't rot the bottom end, then tie off the bunching plants with a plant weight, put the driftwood where they want it to sit in the tank and set the weighted end into the slot they drilled (after a really good washing to remove all dust, of course). This not only hides the ugly plant weights on some of those bunch plants people like me perpetually have to buy because the goldfish eat them faster than I have successfully been able to grow them, and it also cuts down or even prevents the current from catching the plants and causing them to "wander" around. Not the most commonly used method but an alternative idea never hurts to have in your back pocket to refer back to later, right?

 

Anubias, java moss, java ferns.....as MJDutI suggested windelov javas are nice. There's also red leaf and tropica variants of java ferns.

 

I have also seen people treat it as they would to make an air plant holding spot on a driftwood decor here on dry land: using a drill or similar (the larger drill bit, the better in this instance) they make a shallow hold into the wood no more than maybe 1/2-3/4 inch or maybe an inch deep at the most. They make this hole just a bit wider than the width of their clumps of bunching plants to allow for adequate water flow so it doesn't rot the bottom end, then tie off the bunching plants with a plant weight, put the driftwood where they want it to sit in the tank and set the weighted end into the slot they drilled (after a really good washing to remove all dust, of course). This not only hides the ugly plant weights on some of those bunch plants people like me perpetually have to buy because the goldfish eat them faster than I have successfully been able to grow them, and it also cuts down or even prevents the current from catching the plants and causing them to "wander" around. Not the most commonly used method but an alternative idea never hurts to have in your back pocket to refer back to later, right?

Using cholla wood would make this approach easier