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Botanical Herb Engraving

Stable Diffusion
By Varun Sharma Tested with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Botanical Herb Engraving is an SDXL prompt that renders a hand-etched rosemary sprig in sage ink on aged paper. It suits kitchen wall art and botanical invitations.

Last tested: July 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Part of the Stable Diffusion prompt library · see more botanical prompts .

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A vintage botanical engraving of a rosemary sprig in sage ink on aged cream paper
Botanical Herb Engraving — Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0, Aspect ratio 2:3

Prompt 

A vintage botanical engraving of a sprig of rosemary, fine hand-etched linework and cross-hatching, delicate needle leaves and small flowers rendered in precise detail, muted sage-green ink on aged cream paper, a blank caption plate below with no lettering, antique scientific illustration

Negative prompt 

photorealistic, 3d, color photo, text, watermark, modern, blurry, bold

Settings

Model
Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Aspect ratio
2:3
Steps
30
CFG scale
7
Sampler
DPM++ 2M Karras

How to use this prompt

The antique engraving look is all in the mark-making, so "fine hand-etched linework and cross-hatching" is the load-bearing phrase — it is what separates an engraving from a flat line drawing, and the negative prompt's ban on "bold" and "modern" protects that delicacy. "Aged cream paper" does quiet but essential work: a pure white ground reads as digital, while the cream tone and implied tooth sell it as a scanned antique plate. Naming a single herb (rosemary) keeps the specimen focused; "herbs" plural would scatter the composition. The blank caption plate is a text trap avoided — a real plate carries a Latin name that would garble, so it stays empty for your own.

Variations to try

  • Lavender sprig — swap rosemary for lavender with a hint of purple ink
  • Three-specimen plate — three small herbs arranged as a study plate
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON 
{
  "title": "Botanical Herb Engraving",
  "prompt": "A vintage botanical engraving of a sprig of rosemary, fine hand-etched linework and cross-hatching, delicate needle leaves and small flowers rendered in precise detail, muted sage-green ink on aged cream paper, a blank caption plate below with no lettering, antique scientific illustration",
  "negative_prompt": "photorealistic, 3d, color photo, text, watermark, modern, blurry, bold",
  "model": "Stable Diffusion",
  "model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
  "settings": {
    "aspect_ratio": "2:3",
    "steps": 30,
    "cfg": 7,
    "sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
  },
  "style_tags": [
    "botanical",
    "vintage"
  ],
  "use_case_tags": [
    "wall-art",
    "invitations"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/botanical-herb-engraving/"
}

The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.