Wilted Hydrangea’s

Hydrangeas can have very harsh colours but even the artificial turquoise one can turn into a real beauty. Especially when they are cut off and dried, their flashy colours are tempered and mixed with a lovely brown.

Like crispy thin paper

This morning my young neighbour, who is very handy with her pruning tools, cut off the withered flowers of the mop-headed hydrangeas. I asked her to save a few to put in a vase. Standing on our table we are able to see all the petals at close hand. Over time they get that crispy thin paper-like texture and will be replaced in late winter with some lovely smelling twigs of the witch-hazel.