Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Seed importing - free and legal permits, 0 by mrs_colla

mrs_colla wrote:
I am happy they are strict about importing.
May I illustrate with an example?
One of my passions used to be fuchsias. My mother in Belgium was addicted to them. She had a plant multi grafted, it was stunning.
I moved to CA, and to honour her craftmanship, I planted many fuchsias too.
I noticed they all got infected with something that kills them, and it spreads like fire!
It is the fuchsia gall mite, came from Latin America in the 80ies... There is a chemical spray that can be applied, but it isn't that helpful, and I am an organic gardener...
To make things worse; it is spread by hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. In other words, all the sweet creatures I am welcoming to my garden.

I couldn't lose another passion on an imported dissease!

More difficult for collectors, but wouldn't you rather keep the species alive?