Wildlife pond

[Laurasanford111]

Hi all

I have Recently made a mini wildlife pond using an old planter. I have rocks, stones, broken terracotta around it, a few logs etc. I have a bit of grass surrounding it as the pond is next to the greenhouse where the waterbutt is so I need to have a little walkway to get to that, I have a border around the edge with some grasses ... The garden is South facing gets a lot of sun but Around the pond I want to create more shade, my patents have a pond with shade and gets a lot of toads which id love. I am wary that I can't plant things that lose Thier leaves as they will end up in the pond so my question is what plants are good to plant around a pond that are happy to receive a lot of sun?! Preferably evergreen as I said because we don't want leaves in the pond

Thank you

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Evergreens lose their leaves, just not all at once - the main source of leaves in my mini ponds is from a pieris in a pot next to them, come to think.
I've got some irises in pots next to them too. The leaves of these die down in winter but don't fall off, I cut them and so those don't end up in the pond. I didn't drill any holes in these pots deliberately so they are like mini bog gardens.

There are probably lots of perennials which would provide shade in summer and can then be cut back.

Alpine strawberries are the surprise amphibian refuge in my garden