There are many great websites on the internet covering all aspects of keeping a planted aquarium, including: where to buy, which types of plants to keep, basic aquatic gardening/ care & requirements for plants, aquaspacing techniques, how to minimize unwanted algeas, using Carbon Dioxide properly, and even some book reviews. If you are looking for some inspiration, the European "Dutch" style and the Japanese "Nature" styles are both very attractive. The "Dutch" style typically uses several different species of aquatic plants and focuses on creating a specific look based on the different colors, shapes, and textures of the plants. The Japanese "Nature" style is influenced by the gardens of Japan, combining rocks and/or driftwood into the composition and selecting a smaller number of species of plants to achieve it's balanced composition. Good sources of information could be your local aquarium club (and maybe get some nice plants at their auctions). For websites not in your native language, I recommend using the Altavista babelfish located here: http://babelfish.altavista.com

Aquatic Plants Mailing Lists, Forums, and Search Engines

Aquatic Gardener Association's forum
Aquatic Plants Digest  a mailing list of aquatic plant hobbyists
All Wet Thumb community Aquabotanic's On-Line community forum on aquatic plants
Aquatic Plant Central on-line forum community
Aquarealms.com on-line forum in Singapore
Aquatic Quotient on-line community forum in Singapore
Aqugrass.com on-line community forum in Taiwan
Plantgeek.net on-line community forum
Non-aquatic plants - which are typically sold as aquarium plants! Don't buy these!
Plantedtank.net - on-line community forum
Tonina-Forest on-line forum in Taiwan
groups.google.com  for easy access to the rec.aquaria.* usenet newsgroup archives
Yahoo Groups A community of mailing lists including: Aquaplant and Aquatic Plant Zone

Aquatic Plant Society websites

Aquatic Gardeners Association an international organization of aquatic plant enthusiasts
Carolina Aquatic Plant Enthusiasts
Charlotte Area Aquarists Society in Charlotte, North Carolina
Chicago Aquatic Gardeners Association
Dallas/Fort Worth Aquatic Plant Club
San Francisco Bay Area Aquatic Plant Society
Greater Washington (DC) Aquatic Plants Association
Madison Aquarium Gardeners in Madison, Wisconsin

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General Aquarium Information and Water Basics

The Krib Maintained by Erik Olsen - Tons of questions answered here
Water Chemistry Beginners' Frequently Asked Questions from the Krib
FINS Fish InformatioN Service
Fishgreeks.com (formerly JAWS - Just Aquaria WebSite)
The Aquatic Shop lots of links and a monthly giveaway too! By Derek Christian
Aquaria Central

Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) Injection
(I get asked about this the most!!! Note: Dupla and Aqua Design Amano also make CO₂ products)

Aqua-Medic makers of CO₂ equipment, fertilizers, and more
CO2 and Water Hardness from the Krib
Do-It-Yourself Carbon Dioxide Injection by Derek Heath & Len Trigg
Do-It-Yourself Carbon Dioxide Injection by Cathy Hartland
Do-It-Yourself Carbon Dioxide Injection by Thomas Narten
Carbon Dioxide FAQ by George Booth
Clippard makers of the Clippard Minimatics needle valves
CO2 Equipment by Dave Gomberg (just add a CO₂tank)
Fabco-Air makers of the Fabco needle valves
Ingersoll-Rand makers of the ARO needle valves
Monolith Marine Monsters has a nice selection of CO₂ equipment
Superior Products a good source for CO₂ tanks
Swagelok makers of the Nupro needle valves

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Aquatic Plant Growers/Dealers/ Setup

North America
Aqua Botanic by Robert Paul Hudson
Aquatic Plant Depot located in Central Florida
Aquarium Center a nice store located in Maryland
Aquarium Design Group by Mike and Jeff Senske
Aquarium Driftwood located in Alabama
Aquarium Garden located in Massaschusetts
Aquarium Landscapes located in Maryland
Aquarium Plant.com located in South Dakota
Aquatic-Store.com by Marcus in Missouri
Aquatic Scapes/Freshwater Aquarium Plants in MN
Arizona Aquatic Gardens located in Arizona
Florida Aquatic Nurseries located in Florida
Photosynthetic Aquatics located in Pennsylvania
Rehoboth Aquatics located in Louisiana
The Water Garden located in Tennessee
Thunder Bay Aquascapes by James Foley
Tropic Cove in Colorado
Westerleigh Aquarium located in New York

Europe
Aqua Maxim located in Belgium
Aquartica located in Denmark
Green Line Aquatic Plants located in England
Java Aquarium Planting located in England
Tropica Aquarium Plants located in Denmark  

Asia
Apollo Aquarium in Singapore
Aquaria Pacific in Singapore
Aquatechnic Ltd in Singapore
Aquarium Liberty in Singapore
Garden Tropical Fish Farm in Singapore
Green Chapter in Singapore
Rayon Vert Aqua in Japan
Oriental Aquarium in Singapore
Trop Aquarium in Singapore
Victri.net in Singapore

Australia
Aquamail located in Port Macquarie

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Supplies for /Information on Aquatic Plants

Aqua Design Amano Takashi Amano's Company (in Japanese - the Babel fish translator at Altavista works okay)
Aqua Design Amano Takashi Amano's Company (European site)
Aquarium Hobbyist Supply a mailorder source for retrofit compact fluorescent lighting kits. I had one bad experience with a purchase here and now I get my lights from another source
Aquarium Pharmaceuticals makers of the First Layer Pure Laterite product
Azoo makers of the Azoo brand of aquarium products (in Chinese)
CaribSea,Inc makers of the Eco-Complete substrate
Common Aquatic Plants FAQ Listing from the Krib
Deep Forest Aquatics
Dennerle Aquaristic makers of the Dennerle line of products (in German)
Dupla Products makers of the Dupla line of products
Eheim (in German) - their North American site lacks their products for plants
Greg Watson's PMDD store source for premixed fertilizer
Hans Barth Dessaur originator of the echinodorus ozelot, rubin, and rosé hybrids
Homegrown Hydroponics a source for PMDD
In Search Of The African Cryptocoryne nice article on anubias by Karl Schoeler
Kent Marine makers of the Botanica line of products
Seachem makers of the Flourish line of products
Tetra producers of fish food and aquatic plant fertilizers
The Barr Report by Tom Barr
Vectrapoint a source for the English edition of Amano's AquaJournal

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Planted Aquarists' Pages

The Age of Aquariums by the Marcos Avila
Ali Khan's Planted Aquarium site
Aquafish by Marita in Japanese
Aquascaping Realm
Aquatic Concepts by George Booth
Aquatic Pages by Lindstand in Sweden
Aquaticscape.com by Ghazanfar Ghori
Aquarience.net by Steve Danielsson
Aquarium in Japanese
Aquarium Frontiers - Karen Randall's column
Aquarium Plants and Bogs a Japanese website 
Arthur Westover Aquascape by Arthur Westover
Big D's Aquaria by Donald Davis
Botlandscaping
Charm.co.jp a Japanese website
Chuck's Planted Aquarium Pages by Chuck Gadd
Crytocoryne Fan Page Japan Cryptocoryne Page
The Crytocoryne Pages by Jan D. Bastmeijer
Deep Forest Aquatics
Disky's Fish Home Page by Soren 'Disky' Petersen
e-Aquaria by Erik Leung
Echinodorus by Wolfgang Ise (in German)
Fish by Len Kutz (with his Java Tree)
Freshwater Planted Aquarium by Hoa G. Nguyen
Galassi's Tanks by Andy Galassi

Greenstouch by Jay Luto
Hoftiezer.net by James Hoftiezer
Ichthus Horaios by Brian Stout
Jon Wilson's Plant Page by Jon Wilson
Jim's Aquarium Page  by Jim Hall
Kwek Leong Loh's website by Kwek Leong Loh 
Mecklenburg Wasserpflanzen Freunde by Claus Gering
My Planted Aquarium  by Kenny Poh in Singapore
My Nature Aquarium by Jason Fong in Singapore
My Natural Aquariums by Luis Navarro
Oliver Knott the aqua creator
Patrick Timlin's Home Page by Patrick Timlin
Paul's Aquatic Plants from New Zealand
Planted Aquarium by Yasuaki
Planted Aquarium Site
Planted Aquarium Resource Page by Andy Gags
Planted-Tank Resources by Jared Weinberger
Plantica by Amit Brucker
Rachel Sandage's tank by Rachel Sandage
Rubinworld Aquaria by Michael Rubin
Sam's Freshwater Planted Aquarium by Sam Lu
Sigezo's Cryptocoryne Page in Japanese
Steve's Aquatic Page by Steve Pushak
Suiso the Japanese Aquarium Network
Wolfgirlhk's Page by Glen Williams and Lisa
Yoshiwo's Aquarium Page in Japanese

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Algae Eater Information
(Crossocheilus siamensis, caridina japonica, and jordanella floridae)

Algae Eating Cyprinids article by Liisa Sarakontu on the Krib
Algae Eating Cyprinids article by Liisa Sarakontu and Neil Frank on the AGA
Uncle Ned's Fish Factory often has the SAEs in stock and will sell them mailorder
AquaBotanic another mailorder source for Siamese Algae Eaters
Caridina japonica article on Suiso the Japanese Aquarium Network
Freshwater Shrimp in the Aquarium by Joe Anderson (on the krib)
Freshwater Shrimps, Crabs, and Crayfish by Dave C
Infinity Tropicals a source for the "Amano" shrimps (caridina japonica) and SAEs
Florida Driftwood a mailorder source for the flagfish (another good algae eater)
Petshrimp.com source of information on freshwater shrimp (also has a forum)
Planetcatfish the best information source to find out more about loricariidae catfish

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