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Petunia was brought to Japan for the first time in 1852. In those
days, the plant was given a Japanese name, TSUKUBANE
ASAGAO (morning glory of shuttlecock), because the flower
shape looks like a morning glory and its calyx looks like a
shuttlecock of HAGOITA (= Japanese badminton racket). In 1934,
the Sakata Seed Company won the prize in the All-America
Selections with their "All-Double Victorious Mixed" petunia. This
cultivar was the world's first F1 hybrid petunia and the seeds
grew to have 100% double flowers. Since then, Sakata has
continued to breed up until now many varieties of petunia
cultivars. In 2003, Sakata won prizes in the All-America
Selections with their new F1 cultivar "Merlin Blue Morn".
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