"In whiskey barrels and half-acre ponds, gardeners across the continent are discovering the serene beauty that water can bring to their backyards. Whether you're growing the delicate aquatics that float on the still, smooth surfaces of ponds, the brilliant cardinal flowers that grace marshes with startling splashes of color or the intriguing carnivorous pitcher plants that grow in spongy quaking bogs, the key to cultivating a successful water garden is recreating the conditions found in natural wetlands." --Book Jacket.