Galanthus phyto requirements
John Grimshaw (Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:48:08 PST)

Russell Stafford wrote:

This is really not true. The cost of a CITES Certificate from the UK for
exporting a consignement consisting of single genus of CITES-listed plant
is £7 (c. $14 USD)(see
http://ukcites.gov.uk/license/…).
This is not expensive! That will cover any number of snowdrop bulbs.

In addition of course a phytosanitary certificate is required and for this
there is an inspection fee of about £40-50, depending on the time taken for
inspection.

This is not too bad if divided over a consignment of snowdrops priced at
£7-25 per bulb and shared between friends. We ship a substantial order each
year to a group in Canada by this route each year - as dormant bulbs of
course.

There are simply insufficient stocks anywhere of most, if any, Galanthus
cultivars, to make wholesaling them to suppliers such as Russell viable. The
retail market can absorb all we can grow.

Our first Snowdrop Open Weekend has just finished, with hundreds of visitors
enjoying perfect snowdrops in beautiful sunny weather.

John Grimshaw

Dr John M. Grimshaw
Sycamore Cottage
Colesbourne
Nr Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL53 9NP

Tel. 01242 870567

COLESBOURNE PARK SNOWDROP OPEN DAYS 2008
January 26/27 and every Saturday & Sunday in February
Gates open 1pm, last entry 4 pm
website: http://www.colesbournegardens.org.uk/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell Stafford, Odyssey Bulbs" <odysseybulbs@earthlink.net>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 6:29 PM
Subject: [pbs] Galanthus phyto requirements