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Somewhere on teh intarweb "Stewart Robert Hinsley" typed:
In message , Kate
Morgan writes
An English friend who has lived in New Zealand ( south Island ) many
many years has just been to visit. He grows nothing but veg
but is thinking that he needs to grow some flowers to attract flying
creatures into his poly tunnels, there seems to be a
shortage of bees butterfly's etc..over there too,
I thought that I could send him some seed but need advice as to the
best seeds to send.

You want to check New Zealand's phytosanitary regulations. They're
probably not as draconian as Australia's, but I suspect that they're
fairly rigorous.

I'm in New Zealand waves and the biosecurity is *very* strict.
There are extremely harsh penalties handed out for anyone attempting
to import seeds or plant material illegally.

Some years ago now I sent some nigella seeds to my friend in Australia, as a
friendly gesture so she could have love-in-a-mist in her garden.
She blasted me about how it was not allowed. I had no idea it wasn't. She
never planted them.
What would be the possibility of these seeds I sent being a danger in
Australia? What the **** would happen? It's an annual. It's not
likely to threaten Australia, is it?