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Drawing plants

Drawing plants

Finished all your homework and feel like drawing something green?

On this page you will find several botanical themed colour and draw exercises.
Dowload your favourite picture now, print it and get started!

seasons

Trees look different in every season. Take a good look at them outside: can you spot the differences?
Use this colouring page to draw what the tree looks like in summer and winter!

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Christmas tree

Traditionally we mainly think of Christmas trees as pine trees, but the most popular ones nowadays are fir trees.
Grab your pencils, can you decorate this tree nicely?

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carnivorous plants

Carnivorous plants come in all kinds of colours: green, red or yellow.
Give these plants a nice colour!

 

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epiphytes

Epiphytes come in all colours. Give this fantasy Epiphyt a colour you like.

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Wisteria

In spring season you will see the Wisteria flowering in the Hortus, but also in many other places in the city. These climbing plants grow up along facades, racks or other trees.

You can recognise the plant by the large clusters of purple-blue flowers. Quickly collect all your purple pencils and paint to colour the flowers of the Wisteria.

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dancing plant

The flower of the dancing plant is bright pink. Can you draw your own flower on this colouring picture?

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sensitive plant

The touch-me-not- sensitive plant has very thin green leaves. Can you colour within the lines?

 

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Trees

In spring you will see more and more leaves grow on trees and shrubs. In autumn you will see them change colours and eventually fall off.
All leaves have different shapes and different colours.

This week we are drawing a tree! For inspiration, take a look at the branches of the trees in your street.

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Orchids

Orchids come in all kind of colours.
Give this orchid a colour you like.

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giant water lily

After two nights of  flowering, the Victoria flower turns pink.
Colour the flower with pink pencils.

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Tulips

In the month of April, 40 different tulip species flower in the Hortus.
That is why we are drawing tulips this week! Color the tulip and draw your own fantasy flower.

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common evening rose

In June, the primrose will have beautiful yellow flowers.
Colour the flower with yellow pencils.

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Thale cress

The Thale cress has small white flowers.
Which colour of flowers do you like best on this plant?

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magnolia

The Magnolia trees in the Hortus are flowering!
The tree is full of buds and flowers, fill the branches with even more beauty.

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tobacco plant

The flowers of the tobacco plant are pink, yellow and green.
Can you replicate them?

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Trees

In summer, most trees have green leaves.
What colour is your tree?

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butterflies

Every day many different tropical butterflies frolic around in the small Butterfly greenhouse of the Hortus.

Colour the butterflies and the plants and draw a banana plant on which the butterflies can rest.

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Succulents

This week we are drawing Succulents. Did you know that these desert plants also grow flowers? Use your imagination to draw these colourful flowers yourself

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carnivorous plants

Several carnivorous plants grow in the Hortus. These plants feed themselves by attracting insects with their beautiful scents and colours. This way they catch various insects, such as mosquitoes, fruit flies and spiders.

Draw today’s catch of these Nepenthes.

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