Favorite Roses Coloring Book

8 1/4″ x 11″. 45 black-and-white line illustrations.

Here’s a beautiful floral archive featuring the “queen of flowers,” waiting to be brought vividly to life in full color by flower lovers and coloring book enthusiasts everywhere.

Expertly and accurately rendered by artists Ilil Arbel, the illustrations in this easily affordable volume depict 46 different varieties of the universally recognized symbol of perfection, elegance, romance and love-among them the York and Lancaster (Damask) rose, the stately La Reine Victoria (Bourbon) rose and the double bloom, long-stemmed Cherry Vanilla (Grandiflora). Other exquisite samples include:

Hybrid Tea Roses: Color Magic, Brandy, Peace, First Prize, Royal Highness, Double Delight, Garden Party, Tropicana, Mister Lincoln, Paradise

Grandiflora: Sundowner, Love, Prominent, Arizona, John S. Armstrong, Pink Parfait

Climbers: Blaze, Golden Showers, America, Royal Sunset, New Dawn

Miniatures: Gold Coin, Starina, Cinderella, Holy Toledo

Historic Roses: Rosa foetida bicolor (Austrian Copper), Rosa eglanteria (Sweet Briar Rose), Duchesse de Brabant (Old Tea), Marechal Neil (Noisette), Great Maiden’s Blush (Alba), Communis (Moss), Hermosa (China), Tuscany Superb (Gallica), Rosa Mundi (Gallica)

Captions for these lovely copyright-free illustrations describe coloring, height, foliage, size of blossoms and fragrance, while a glossary of rose terminology is to be found at the end of the book.