PEONIES

CANADA POST RELEASES TWO PEONY STAMPS

Cytherea and Marie-Victorin

The two elegant peony hybrids featured in Canada Post's latest Floral Series stamp issue, 'Cytherea' and 'Marie-Victorin', were both developed by Canadian-born horticulturists.

Named after the Greek goddess of love, 'Cytherea' is a cherry rose semi-double. 'Marie-Victorin' is a symmetrical, globe-shaped flower composed of a single row of rounded, pale pink petals with purple-pink flares. It was named after the founder of the Montréal Botanical Garden.

'Cytherea' (Saunders, 1953), herbaceous hybrid.

'Marie Victorin' (Ménard / D’Aoust, 2009), herbaceous hybrid.