G Day Mary Sue New Zealand has a ferocious aggy Quarantine inspection dept that siezed hundreds of packets of Lilium Seed from a noted American Speaker to their Lilium Conference and would not give them back even on leaving the country ., yet we in Australia can get seed out without any difficulty . Australia , on the other hand , inspects & checks incoming seed and provided that it is not banned (some vegies & weeds )they come through ,no trouble . Only requirements that I know of is that each packet is named ,Not just numbered ,& there aren't hundreds of packets ,They will charge by the hour or part of .We get our seed of Liliums etc from NALS & RHS and Primulas from NAPS & APS ,the primulas that arrived on the 3rd 03 03 are germinating now 10 /03/03 . We do not grow much South African stuff ,like Aust ,hard plants for a hard country . We prefer the challenge of Northern Hemisphere Liliums, Trilliums, Erythroniums,Frits,Calochortus,Hostas ,PleoniesETCin a 2.5 acre garden on the outskirts of Melbourne Kind Regards Ron & Marina Moodycliffe Mary Sue Ittner wrote: > Dear Australian subscribers, > > We have quite a number of people on this list from Australia. What are > your favorite sources for seed and bulbs? I know that you have trouble > importing a lot of things so I assume that many of you use sources in > Australia. > > Mary Sue > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > . >