Birthflower Ponies

JANUARY:White earth pony with dark pink mane and tail, pink carnation symbol
FEBRUARY:White earth pony with dark pink mane and tail, purple violet symbol
MARCH:White earth pony with dark pink mane and tail, pink daffodil symbol
APRIL:White earth pony with dark pink mane and tail, blue daisy symbol

MAY:White earth pony with dark pink mane and tail, green lily of the valley symbol
JUNE:White earth pony with dark pink mane and tail, red rose symbol
JULY:White earth pony with dark pink mane and tail, blue water lily symbol
AUGUST:White earth pony with dark pink mane and tail, dark pink poppy symbol

SEPTEMBER:White earth pony with dark pink mane and tail, dark blue morning glory symbol
OCTOBER:White earth pony with dark pink mane and tail, pink cosmos daisy symbol
NOVEMBER:White earth pony with dark pink mane and tail, orange chrysanthemum symbol
DECEMBER:White earth pony with dark pink mane and tail, green holly symbol

The Birthflower Ponies were an experiment in 1980s pony cloning. I mean that quite literally, as - at least in the mail order release - all of them were the same pose and colour scheme, with the only differences being their symbols. Each pony had a symbol corresponding to the flower for their month, and they are often known by the names of their flowers as well as by their months.
FIRST BIRTHFLOWER PAMPHLET IMAGE

They were some of the earliest Mail Order ponies, but they were not sold in the UK. As can be seen, the above scan comes from a US insert.

ALTERNATIVE BIRTHFLOWER BACKCARD (BACK)

In parts of Europe, there were alternate versions of these Birthflower Ponies. These were mostly in Scandinavia, and had much more variety of colour than the Mail Order set. They are considerably difficult to find and very sought after on the second hand market. Versions exist on small cards with the pony on the right side, but also they exist on typically UK style card, with the text all in English. Several ponies on Hasbro UK artwork packages have been sold in Scandinavia, but this is not an automatic indication of the ponies having been sold in the UK. For some reason, Hasbro UK exported these instead. :(

The Alternate Birthflower ponies were also sold in Australia. Some of the symbols for these ponies were reversed (colours inverted) depending on which location they were sold in.