Dead Roses

For some reason I keep coming back to photographing dead flowers.  I want them to be seen as beautiful even though they are now dried out and dead.  Here's one I took today.

Dead Flowers

I took a lot of pictures of these dead and dried up sunflowers.  I wanted to make something people would look at as ugly and make it sort of beautiful.  I'm still not sure if I like it better in color or in black and white.  Any suggestions?