Hi, I would think that if you have already purchased on eBay or directly from someone in Thailand that a Phytosanitary Cert. should or would have been supplied by the sender of the seeds. If you where to apply for anything it would have been a small quantity seed import permit. I do not believe that most are receiving one of these. Your seeds should arrive without an issue. Rick

Fritz Hochstaetter also has a private housing address in Utah and I think the seeds are mailed from the US by a friend of him. But I am not absolutely certain of that. Ask Fritz by e-mail! I didn't order from him but had never problems receiving seeds from other European seed dealers. Jordi

Tova, seeds are generally not a problem. The only time they might be is if the plant was on the list of a banned seed/plant in Canada, such as some weeds or plants prone to certain diseases I suppose. In fact, usually seeds are just shipped in a single envelope and arrive direct in your mail box. Sometimes, however, customs ask you to pay duty/GST but most times they don't, especially if it's a low value item. (I think in theory they have a right to collect for every item, but usually a small item they'll let go by without paying). Another great source to buy seeds from (in general) is the UK. I found the shipping from the UK to Canada to be faster than the service from the USA. Not sure why. Though you may want to buy from the USA because of the favorable exchange rate. Unfortunately, it sounds like a hassle to actually order live plants. If you check the internet, you will see a lot of unique nurseries but most are located in the USA. I've been tempted many times, they have a lot of specialty nurseries. Some won't ship live plants to Canada. Others might, but charge a fee for a phytosanitary certificate which possibly makes it expensive cost-wise. I think another potential problem is that the plant might arrive dead by the time it clears customs. Even though they might not necessarily charge duty, they reserve the right to inspect each package and sometimes a package will spend a week or more at customs waiting to be searched. All during which time the poor plant is probably drying out. Glen

Page 17 of this document" has a table showing which seed imports from which countries required a phytosanitary certificate. Most ornamentals don't and can be imported freely. A very few species of seed cannot be imported from outside the EU. Watch out for CITES seed which may have further restrictions, but again not very many of these.