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This year’s flower stamp issue depicts Ranunculus asiaticus on 2 stamps. The annual flower issue is a bestseller. and often used to mail wedding stationery such as invitations. It’s also popular stamp among Canadian gardeners.
About the flower
Ranunculus asiaticus. also known as Persian buttercup. is native to southwestern Asia. southern Europe and northern Africa. The plant may have arrived in northern Europe during the Crusades but was not cultivated widely until the 17th century.
The name Ranunculus comes from the Latin words for “little frog” because many species grow near streams. However. Ranunculus asiaticus is partial to sunny hillsides and pastures.
Known for radiant. rose-like blossoms. Ranunculus may be single or double flowered. It has gossamer-thin petals and grows in a palette of colours. Florists and gardeners love them. and they are a popular choice for wedding bouquets and centrepieces.
Traditionally. offering these blooms is a way of saying. “I’m dazzled by your charms!”
Specifications
Stamp Designer: Stéphane Huot
Issue Date: March 1. 2023
Stamp Value: Permanent™ domestic rate
Quantity Produced: 140.000
Product Type: Stamps
This year’s issue in the annual Flowers series includes two stamps featuring the native wildflowers butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) and spotted beebalm (Monarda punctata).
These wildflowers are important sources of food for a variety of pollinators, including hummingbirds and insects such as butterflies and bees.
Good to know
- Coil of 50 Permanent™ stamps.
- The annual flower issue is a best-seller, primarily for its use on wedding stationery, including invitations.
- Canada Post has issued pairs of commemorative stamps featuring flowers each year since 2007.
- Flowers have also been featured on past issues of definitive stamps and other commemorative stamp issues, including Gardens (2006) and Tulips (2002).
About the issue
This year’s issue in the annual Flowers series features two native wildflowers – butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) and spotted beebalm (Monarda punctata).
About the wildflowers
Rich with nectar and pollen, the brilliant blossoms of butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) and spotted beebalm (Monarda punctata) are abuzz during blooming season, as hummingbirds and insects such as butterflies and bees stop by to feed.
Butterfly milkweed boasts tall, flat-topped clusters of pale to dark orange flowers. Its glossy, lance-shaped leaves – and the leaves of other milkweeds – are the sole source of food for monarch butterfly caterpillars. A fragrant member of the mint family, spotted beebalm is known for its unique and intricate appearance. Whorls of purple-spotted tubular flowers alternate with rings of white to purple leaf bracts at various points along the upper stem. In Canada, the two wildflowers are native only to certain regions of southern Ontario and southwestern Quebec. In Quebec, they are designated as threatened and protected by law.
Also grown commercially, these plants are a good choice for gardens, since they support pollinators and make beautiful ornamental and cut flowers.
About the design
These stamps feature the brilliant blossoms of butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) and spotted beebalm (Monarda punctata).
The butterfly milkweed has lance-shaped green leaves and clusters of orange flowers. The spotted beebalm has light-purple leaf bracts and tubular yellow flowers at various points along its stem.
Specifications
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