Phil L wrote:
Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
Sue Begg writes:

I would have thought that if they were spreading by seeding
then
they would have possibly crossed with something else and would
no longer be pure to the 'protected' variety

It doesn't matter what a gardener, biologist or other semi-sane
person thinks; what matters is what the bureaucrats and lawyers
think.

God forbid anyone should take any notice of them!....I noticed a
capital P on a label stuck in some lobelia seedlings in the
supermarket the other day...the P is for protection! - it's just
another 'jobs for the boys' ruling

Well...but I hope you don't want plant breeding and selection to stop
altogether because it doesn't pay. That "job for the boys" is
somebody's by no means risk-free living, and is very likely the
result of years of experience and training.

like the ones where it's now
illegal to replce a lightswitch in your house, or replace a pane of
glass.

It is? OK, Officer, I surrender: you no doubt have a copy of the law
for me or my representative to read. I smell straight bananas,
wrapped (unhygienically and so perhaps illegally) in discarded pages
of the Daily Mail.

- To the OP, do what you want, unless you are doing it on a grand
scale (anything larger than supplying a couple of greengrocers for
example) you won't get your collar felt.

That at least is almost right. Nobody's going to hassle you for a few
plants from seed sold for a registered charity or even maybe a bit of
beer money; flog rooted cuttings to a High-Street shop, and I begin
to lose sympathy.

--
Mike.