How can you get a hydrangea to change its color? Funny you should ask, because we have all the details, plus photos and commentary on the change of seasons and the role of flowers in wedding lore. More at blog.amynelsonhahn.info
Flora cambia
Sweet chameleon,
changeful as the year,
the rosy crimson
just tinging these vessels
is all that mourns the summer,
all that's left of their former
royal crush of
passionate magenta.
Autumn sweeps its brush
of subtlety and scathes
color from flora,
delivering swaths
among the woods.
(c) copyright Amy Nelson Hahn 2011
read with images 2508, 2509, and 2510 from photos.amynelsonhahn.info or visit blog.amynelsonhahn.info
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