color fast

color fast

i’m curious why some leaves hold their color in winter while others don’t. these stems sticking out through the snow look like late september to me–the time of goldenrod and yellow daisies. it certainly doesn’t say mid-march. why so sturdy? why so golden yellow?

unidentified winter leaves (possibly milkweed)

  • Andrea says:

    I am enamored with the golden brown dried hydrangeas in front of my condo building (which our building manager usually trims off before winter but didn’t this year). It makes me wonder the same thing and marvel at how some things can be so beautiful when they’re “dead”.

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