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Re: Seed Exchange Scheme


My own experience -

I sent lots of seed back from Turkey.  I didn't risk bringing it through
customs...  when I did come through customs, I had some
commercially-packaged seeds.  I mentioned that I had some seeds, and they
wanted to know what it was.  What I had (cucumber and pepper seeds) was
okay.  If they had found the mulleins and poppies, I am not sure they
would have made it back. 

That said, I was careful what I brought back; mostly things from genera
already in cultivation here.  No thistles (except the rather benign
Tyrimnus leucographus) and no Centaureas except C. cyana, which we already
grow.  (Incidentally the reason I brought that one was because it was a
great little alpine form of it, only 5 inches high, with fuzzy white
leaves.)  Very tempting was Onopordon myriacanthum but I really didn't
want my name on the next major agricultural/range invasive of the west
coast. 

Bob
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