Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Balance of plants in the environment Plants at pond edge / trees and algae

White cedar and arborvitae have "leaves of flat scale like folage" that do not blow in the wind nearly as bad as other evergreen trees. I used spruce and pine trees around my pond at distances of 50-100ft. Strong winds blow lots of needles into the pond. I spend hours cleaning out bushels of needles before they sink. It is more work than I want to be doing and it could have been prevented if using the proper trees.

https://arborhilltrees.com/blog/arborvitae-trees-facts-care-omaha/

Best trees around the pond are ones that don't deposit lots of vegetation into the pond. Reasons are noted in above posts.