Tulip

Tulips in the Chiiori gardens are finally starting to flower.

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To be honest, we were worried whether these tulips would actually grow.  Look at the picture below:

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Tulips on the right side of the picture are shaped odd.  They were actually the ones that started growing earliest.  And they were the ones that got eaten by deer.  I guess the tulips did not taste so good because the deer did not eat all the shoots, and never came back to eat more.  At any rate, I'm glad most of them survived and flowered.