[Arisaema-l] Pacific Rim

[Peter Taggart]

On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 5:31 PM, James Waddick <jwaddick at kc.rr.com> wrote:

> >The phyto certificate is very reasonable compared to other nurseries
> >in North America, and so is 20% to bare root the plants, compared to
> >other nurseries with exclusive catalogues. Many of the Items are a
> >little more expensive than in Britain, but are comparable.
>


>        I think many gardeners in the US might have some fears about
> importing plants even if....  The exporter has the
> responsibility for getting a phytosanitary inspection and
> certification. Plants have to prepared according to regulations and
> this takes time which costs money.  Except for the import permit and
> cash, and a bit of worry, this is all done by the exporter.
>
>        Some of these regulations seem odd for American 'importing'
> from far off 'Canada',
>

Dear Jim,
I think you misunderstood me. I was referring to the cost to a person
*not*on the continent of North America  wishing to purchase plants
*from* nurseries on that continent.
It seems strange to me that a purchaser in the USA should be any more
worried over importing plants from Canada than any one else.
I don't grudge payment for the work the nurseries do, I observed 20% was
reasonable.. etc

>From my experience Joe Pye Weed is good  value. It seems to me, from their
new website, that Pacific Rim also offer very good value for those wishing
to import plants *from* them to countries outside the North American
Continent, as well as those in the USA.

>From reading the export costs of other nurseries in their catalogues and
web sites, both Canadian and the USA nurseries sometimes have costs around
to $70.00 or more *per item, *in addition to the price of the plant,*
*depending
on the size of the order. (This is not including CITES plants). That seems
prohibitive to me.
Best wishes
Peter
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