Thursday, December 01, 2011

The color of the petal

I am dying to know if there a term or something to describe and define why and how the color of the hydrangea petal just looks like it is on a layer, sitting on top of the petal. And during the winter, the color sort of "scratches" off leaving the the petal revealing the skeleton. I don't think I have seen that process on leaves? Or any other flower petal, have you? 

3 comments:

Becca said...

The color is beautiful! I cannot wait to grow these lovely, moody blooms. Thank you for the warm wishes about my up coming move to the PNW.

Kim Carney said...

Thank you Becca! Think Peonies too ;) Will keep up when u will be here ...

kim said...

I have always thought that the what-the-heck-color-IS-that of aging hydrangeas is the closest I will ever get to seeing Octarine (author Terry Pratchett's made up color, which is the color of magic).