THE LAST HYDRANGEA OF AUTUMN

In the garden this week:

Two of the Hydrangeas, which can only survive in pots in our garden, have developed a rather lovely autumn colouring. Both of these produce a fairly deep pink flower. 

The second type of hydrangea produces a larger pale pink flower with smaller petals. It is this second Hydrangea that produced the "Last Hydrangea of Autumn".

In my ikebana this week, I have re-used the Gymea Doryanthes palmeri leaves from the arrangement I showed last week. One of the leaves had started to colour, developing some olive-green towards the tip of the leaf. I angled that leaf forward and across the front of the vessel to show the colours more clearly. The floral focus is the "last hydrangea of autumn". Its large mass complements the mass created by folding the Gymea leaves into rectangular box shapes. 

The vertically-faceted sloping vessel was made by the Australian Capital Territory ceramicist Therese Rasanen; an active artist at Strathnairn Arts

Greetings from Christopher
27th April 2025