Cardamine Lyrata - AP420

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Cardamine Lyrata, also known as Japanese Cress, is a beautiful fast-growing aquarium stem plant with delicate, round light-green leaves. Its trailing growth habit adds a soft, natural look to planted aquariums and works especially well in the midground or background. 

Key Features:

• Light-green, rounded leaves
• Fast-growing and easy to propagate
• Suitable for freshwater aquariums
• Can create a lush, trailing effect
• Easily propagated by stem cuttings
• CO₂ is optional but encourages faster, fuller growth
• Prefers cooler to moderate temperatures

Care Guide:

• Plant Type: Stem Plant
• Placement: Midground / Background
• Growth Rate: Fast
• Difficulty: Easy
• Lighting: Medium
• CO₂: Optional
• Temperature: 18–25°C
• pH: 6.0–7.5
• Propagation: Stem cuttings

Planting Tip:
Separate the stems and plant them individually in the substrate, leaving some space between each stem. Regular trimming will encourage bushier growth, while cuttings can simply be replanted to grow new plants