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Bluespiral

Aug 12, 2014 9:58 PM CST

Name: Karen
Maryland (Zone 7b)

To Dany's Taisho seedbags -

poisondartfrog said:Wow! Special indeed!

Special indeed, because the Tokyo earthquake of 1923, during the Taisho period, is said to have destroyed some morning glory cultivars, which makes the survival of these all the more special.

I read about this long ago, so don't have links and can only hope I remember correctly.

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free ... Till by turning, turning we come round right." Shaker Hymn, Joseph Brackett
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