Ponds and pond plants

[chris_todd]

Do most plants you would keep in an outdoors pond require some amount of direct sunlight each day, or would they be OK if the pond were lightly shaded by trees most of the day? I realize that's a pretty broad question, and the answer probably depends a lot on which plants we're talking about, but I thought I'd toss the question out here anyway.

[DelawareJim]

As you stated, it depends a lot on the plants.

Waterlilies need as much full sun as you can give them. The more they get, the more flowers they'll produce.

A lot of aquarium plants can get by with less.

You won't know until you try!

Cheers.
Jim

[SCMurphy]

It is usually recommended that a pond get 6 hours of sun a day and to avoid placing them near trees due to leaf litter. My waterlillies are getting about 5 hours of direct sunlight a day and they are both putting up flowers.