"John D. Goulden" wrote in message
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alt.garden.pond.chat is the only pond group I can find my news server, so
I'm going to xpost this to alt.garden.pond.chat and my usual "home" group
rec.aquaria.freshwater.goldfish hoping to get some good advice from both
places...

Our lovely new home has a 5 x 8 nook in the back that just begs for a
pond, and we want to put in a nice little garden pond (say, 120 US gallons
or so) and possibly move some of our indoor goldfish into it. The main
problem that we see is that most of that area is in perpetual shade. In
fact, one reason we want to put a pond there is that even shade-tolerant
grass won't grow in that shady nook

(1) Is such a pond doomed from the start?

(2) If not, what garden pond plants will survive with only indirect light?

Thanks

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John Goulden



Shaded ponds are great! The others have told you many nice shade plants that
will grow. I found that in 5, yes 5 years, I have never had a algae problem
in my
ponds on the porch, two150 gallon ones. This is the first year for a pond
in the
yard, a 300 gallon one, and I had tons of green algae, dust blowing in, and
birds
using the veggie filter, it is really a good thing I have ponds in the
shade, or I would
have given up on the yard one . It is finally coming around, and looking
nice now.
But..... WOW what a lot of work compaired to the porch ones.Good luck, and a
shade pond should be very easy to care for and you will enjoy it a lot, I am
sure.
KatAZ