The beautiful maple is the national flower of Canada. The national flag of Canada shows a stylized version of the maple leaf. Maple flowers are available in shades of green, yellow, orange or red and the flower contains five sepals and five petals and it blossoms in late winter or early spring.

The maple tree is of immense importance to the people of Canada. Maples are popular garden flowers due to their eye-catching beauty. They also grow well as bonsai. The outstanding colour of the red maple during fall is a sight worth watching particularly in south-east Canada. It attracts tourists from all over the world and, in turn, boosts the economy of the country considerably.

Maple is also famous for its syrup and wood. The delicious maple syrup is produced by boiling the sap of the Sugar Maple which is also made into maple sugar and candies in Canada. Here, the hard maple wood is used for making a number of products like bowling pins, bowling alley lanes as well as things like butcher’s blocks. It is also used to make musical instruments like guitars and drums. Canada’s economy, in fact, thrives to a great extent on the maple. Therefore, most appropriately, the maple is regarded as the national flower of this country.