Change in APHIS Plants/Plant Parts for Planting Procedures?

Jane McGary janemcgary@earthlink.net
Tue, 10 Dec 2019 11:10:55 PST
Thank you to Lee Poulsen, William Aley, and others who have clarified, 
or tried to clarify, this topic. All I have to say about it in public is 
that this is yet another reason to grow your bulbs from seed. 20 years 
ago I used to order bulbs from overseas -- fortunately, many of them are 
still with me -- and did not have an import permit, but obviously the 
situation has changed. If you have a kind friend who has a nursery and 
an import permit, perhaps you can look at whatever list he or she is 
ordering from and ask that your wants be added to their order, offering 
of course to share shipping cost (which can be greater than the cost of 
the bulbs).

 From time to time the PBS board has discussed obtaining seeds and/or 
bulbs from outside the USA for offer in the BX/SX. I think this was done 
for seeds in the past; they would have been plants I don't grow, so I 
don't remember much about it. The problem is that the BX manager would 
have to anticipate the demand for particular items and order them months 
in advance, and then live in hope that the parcel doesn't get held up at 
the inspection station so long that the material becomes non-viable.

Another work-around for import restrictions is already in place with 
PBS: sharing knowledge of the really vast range of plants members grow 
in their own countries. This does expose you to a little annoyance if 
you mention a great rarity of which you have three bulbs, but it's worth 
it. (Maybe someday -- /not this year /-- I'll have enough Tulipa regelii 
to share.) Our website not infrequently gets questions from non-members 
in Australia or New Zealand, countries with very strict import 
regulations, about where they can get certain bulbs. I post these on 
this forum in the hope that some reader in their country will contact 
them with the information, and in doing so, expand our community of 
practice.

Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA

Showiest bulb in flower today, Crocus laevigatus

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