Martin Brown wrote:
Vacutone wrote:

I know there are some restrictions on importing live plants from
abroad, but can anyone clarify the position regarding importing
seeds?

Depends on the seeds, the vendor and the quantity.

You can bring small amounts of commercially packaged seeds home from
holiday for instance. And you can mail order from other EEC countries
with a good chance the stuff will arrive OK. It is usually worth
checking if the seed is already available from specialist UK
importers.
If the species is rare or CITES listed then you may have a problem.

I believe that there are also restrictions on certain varieties of food
plant seed.


Seeds for a handful of obviously noxious and/or narcotic plants are
illegal.

Only partially true. All those planting Papaver somniferum in their cottage
gardens won't have their collars felt! But there wouldn't be such laxity
with Cannabis or Coca.


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Jeff
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