Hydrangea blossoms can look pretty tattered this time of year, but if you look more closely, you'll see that the flowers veins stand out more clearly, almost like an insect's wing. And the flower's blue colors begin to fade into brown (or pink/purple into brown, depending on the plant). Here you see how one of the flowers looks from the side; the second photo is a close-up of the blue-into-brown color shift; and the third is just a goofy shot where I copied and flipped and combined the same photo to make a relatively symmetrical "hybrid." Got hydrangea plants at your house? Take a closer look. You might be pleasantly surprised. ©Carol Leigh
