Soggy February Day

[Cortian]

Some of last summer's withered Annabelle Hydrangea bloom heads in the gardens on this soggy February day. (And a little µPond developing between a pair of the gardens.)

 

[jcdeboever]

uummmm, your supposed to cut them down before winter....

 

[Cortian]

uummmm, your supposed to cut them down before winter....

You can, but you don't have to. (My wife is an Advanced Master Gardener, so she ought to know .)

 

[jcdeboever]

uummmm, your supposed to cut them down before winter....

You can, but you don't have to. (My wife is an Advanced Master Gardener, so she ought to know .)

LOL

 

[smoke665]

uummmm, your supposed to cut them down before winter....

I'm not an Advanced Master Gardner, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once, and...................oh what the heck who am I trying to kid, I'm a little on the lazy side LOL

 

[Medusa]

uummmm, your supposed to cut them down before winter....

I cut all the perennials back in the fall, except for the Annabelle hydrangeas and ornamental grasses.
I like the look of those in the late fall/ winter, plus the deer tend to nibble on the hydrangeas. This way, I have some plant left in the spring. ;-)

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

I really like the details in the dried blooms. The veins running through are really nice.

 

[Cortian]

Thanks, Dean!

What I was really trying to capture was the... sogginess of it all. It's been raining here, nearly constantly, for three days now. The second photo I just liked the contrast between the dried bloom and the verdant hemlock trees behind them.

But you've given me a new idea: A macro close-up of one of those dried blooms.

If it ever stops raining.