Amazon Sword

Need one plant that carries an entire background? Amazon Sword is the classic answer. A broad rosette of ribbed green blades reaching a foot and a half in a tall tank — one specimen fills the back corner of a 20-gallon, and three make a wall.

What You’ll Receive

Enhance your aquarium with our fresh, high-quality plants, available in convenient formats:

• Loose Bare-Root Plants: Includes approximately 1-2 loose, bare-root plants, providing flexibility in planting and arrangement.
• Rooted Bunched: Approximately 1-2 plants, bundled with foam and a plant weight for easy placement.
• Rooted Potted: Includes approximately 1-2 plants, potted in a net pot with rock wool, ensuring stability and ease of placement in your aquarium.

Plant Profile

• Common name — Amazon Sword
• Scientific name — Echinodorus bleheri
• Also known as — Echinodorus grisebachii 'Bleherae'
• Placement — Background or centerpiece
• Mature height — 12–20 in
• Growth rate — Medium

Care

• Difficulty — Beginner, provided you feed the roots
• Light — Medium. It reaches full size without high-output lighting
• CO₂ — Recommended, not required! Steady growth either way
• Water — 72–82°F · pH 6.5–7.5
• Feeding — Heavy root feeder; root tabs are not optional in inert gravel
• Propagation — Aerial floral stalks bearing plantlets

Grower’s Notes

• It propagates by floral stalk, not substrate runner. A settled plant sends a tall stalk arching up and across the water column, and plantlets form along its length. Leave each plantlet attached until it has four or five leaves and roots of its own, then cut it free and plant it.
• Feed it at the roots. Planted in inert gravel without root tabs it yellows, thins and develops holes in the older leaves — the most common way this plant disappoints.
• Give it three inches of substrate depth and set the crown at the surface, never below. The root mass is substantial and a shallow bed stunts it.
• Holes with yellowing between the veins point to potassium; uniform pale yellowing points to nitrogen. Both are common in lightly stocked tanks.

Other ways to buy this plant. This listing is the standard grade. There is also a mother plant for an established 16-24 inch specimen, a small size, an in vitro bag, and a bulk pack for filling a large background at once.

Want to go deeper? Read our complete Amazon Sword Care Guide.

Notes

• Photos are for reference; leaf size, count and color vary with lighting, substrate nutrition and tank depth.
• Never release aquarium plants into natural waterways.

At a glance

• Free shipping on orders of $150 or more (after discounts) within the contiguous United States, by USPS.
• Free thermal protection is included with every shipment, all year round.
• Processing: most orders leave us within 1 to 2 business days. Tracking is emailed when your order ships.
• USPS (2 to 5 business days) ships Monday through Saturday.
• UPS 2nd Day Air® ships Monday through Wednesday. Order by Tuesday at 6:00 AM Pacific Time for same-week delivery.
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• Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and military addresses ship by USPS at a flat rate shown at checkout.
• Weather holds: during extreme heat or cold we may hold live orders until it's safe to ship.
• We ship within the United States only.

Please bring live plants indoors and unpack them the day they arrive. Every live order is covered by our 24-Hour Live Arrival Guarantee.

The complete rules, including lost packages and address issues, are in our Shipping Policy. If anything conflicts, that policy applies.

Every live order is backed by our 24-Hour Live Arrival Guarantee. If a plant arrives dead, we'll make it right.

How it works

• Tell us within 24 hours of the delivery time on your tracking.
• Send photos of the affected items in their original, unopened packaging, plus a photo of the shipping label, to hello@aquariumplantsfactory.com with your order number.
• We'll make it right with a replacement, store credit or refund for the affected item.

Good to know

• Some melting or yellowing as plants adjust from greenhouse to aquarium life is normal. They regrow from healthy roots and rhizomes.
• Please bring your package indoors and unpack it the day it arrives.
• Free promotional items and shipping charges are not covered.

The complete rules, including what's covered and what voids the guarantee, are in our Returns, Refunds & Live Arrival Guarantee. If anything conflicts, that policy applies.

Please review your state's regulations on restricted plants, as we are committed to not shipping plants that are restricted in your area. Do not release any plants into the wild or waterways, as this can harm local ecosystems by introducing invasive species.

Your cooperation in protecting the environment is appreciated. For continuously updated information, refer to the USDA State Noxious Weed list here.

Thank you for your responsible commitment to environmental preservation.