Lendonwood Gardens - Scenes and Garden Rooms
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| Lendonwood Gardens Inside the grow house |
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| Lendonwood Gardens Koi Pond and Tea House |
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| Lendonwood Gardens Japanese Garden |
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| Lendonwood Gardens Angel of Hope  American Backyard Garden |
Moldy Tulip Bulbs
Moldy tulip bulbs are a big disappointment when you are hoping to fill a bed or some pots. It is not that unusual for their skins to have a bit of penicillin mold but these are beyond that tad bit stage. Mold penetrating tulip bulb Mold on emerging tulip bulb growth So, what to do? The plant references say to throw them out and buy new ones but I already spent $22 for 50 of these white tulip beauties. First, they got a soak in 1% bleach solution in the kitchen sink in the hope that the bleach would stop the mold from continuing to grow without killing the life force in the bulb itself. After a good slosh around, I wiped them off to see how much damage was beneath the blue and black. This tulip bulb is soft to the touch and there is little chance it will thrive in the soil. This basal root on these have been ruined by mold. The final step I took to try to salvage part of them was to spray them thoroughly with fungicide. They are all planted in the
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Isn't it a wonder?
Did you get to visit the Japanese garden in Fort Worth Texas? It is wonderful. So is the one in St. Louis and of course San Francisco.
Would love to hear from you - which ones did you visit and which were the best?
Hakone Gardens in California is my favourite even though it's quite small, I've been there three times now - I go every time I visit the States! I've been to the Japanese Tea Garden too once, that was beautiful.