Morning Glories: Blue Trader, 1 by Cibarius

Cibarius wrote:
Last year I received a small shipment of morning glory seeds from a Japanese seller. He sent them to me in a regular white envelope that had a hand cancellation on the attractive stamp. Inside was a single small sheet of bubble wrap and three zip lock bags containing the seeds. I would call this stealth delivery, and it worked quite well.

This year I have just received a smaller order from another Japanese seller. However, this time the shipment arrived in a 6x9 inch brown envelope with bubble wrap walls. Inside was another bubble wrapper with two zipped bags of seeds and a "Hello, Thank you very much from Japan" printed note. This package had no apparent postage. In the upper right was a green customs declaration calling out "flower seeds", a weight and a USD value. There was also a dark blue sticker with lines of Japanese characters and two items indicated (1 and 2 stated twice each). Then there was a hand stamped circular postmark in the lower left. On the back of this package there was a beautiful, large circular stamp which says: "PASSED, Plant Protection Service No. 381- Japanese Government." And there was a plastic pocket that contained a folded Phytosanitary Certificate, all in English, personally signed by H. Watanabe. It was very impressive.

I only purchased one little packet of seeds! And I received a second packet as a gift. You can see it in the photo. Its a pink MG blossom with a white throat and a picotee edge. I likely will not grow this one. Its not my color.