Central Texas Gardener: 6/06/09

Explore the versatility and elegance of clumping bamboos with Merrideth Jiles from The Great Outdoors. Create screens or hedges in tight spaces with Giant Timber Bamboo, Golden Goddess, Silverstripe, and Buddhas belly. Go for outstanding attention with Mexican weeping bamboo, or fill niches with Tiny Fern bamboo. John Dromgoole explains the difference between compost and mulch. Got peaches with holes or that fall off too early? Skip Richter has the answer and how to deal with the perp, the plum curculio. Go on tour to the Nimitz Japanese Garden of Peace in Fredericksburg for elegant garden design and the history behind two Admirals, who forwarded peace between two nations.