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**Conrad Richter c*@richters.com**

On Fri, 23 Aug 2002 gardenwriters-request@lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> From: FRIELSTER@aol.com
> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:09:32 EDT
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Plants across borders
> To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
> Reply-To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
> 
> This sounds like a custom-made query (pun intended, thank you) for Conrad 
> Richter.  
> 
> JF

I didn't catch this thread until my name got mentioned ;-).  I then
checked the handy gardenwriter list archives... 

> To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org 
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Plants across borders 
> From: Sandie Parrott <rsbirdy@comcast.net> 
> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:22:27 -0400 
> 
> Does anybody know what are the restrictions/rules about plants or
> seeds across the US-Canadian border?  I may be leading a group of
> Master Gardeners into Canada next spring and they typically like to
> buy plants.
> 
> Does anyone know a contact or website that I could check for the
> latest restrictions/laws?
> 
> You can contact me off list if you want.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sandie Parrott (RSBirdy@comcast.net)

You are free to import most containerized plants into the U.S. provided
that you get a phytosanitary certificate.  Unless the nursery you are
buying from is on the government greenhouse inspection program, you will
have to spend a day visiting a CFIA office to get the certificates.  

There are some species and genera that you can't take back.  Certainly
nothing from the Rutaceae, and no aquatic or wetland plants.  Check the
relevant USDA lists for specifics.  

At Richters, all of our plants are pre-approved for the U.S.  Customers
wishing to take back plants need only ask for a special sticker which
our staff will affix to your invoice.  There is no extra cost.  We are
probably one of the very few retail nurseries that can offer this
service to the public.  Because we sell so much to the U.S. we are very
much attuned to getting plants across the border as efficiently and
quickly as possible.  

Conrad Richter 

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