Hopefully everyone on this forum 😉

Come one, are you telling me there are palms that can grow in Eastern Canada? You must have to dig them out each fall, right?
Can't be done...

Here is a several year old Trachycarpus fortunei that is protected with a burlap wrap each year (Niagara Falls, ON. Zone 6b):
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And here is a fortunei that I've been tortuing for several years... Giving it just enough protection to survive, but not enough to grow at all!!!! Bwah ha ha ha!!! (Kingston/Sydenham, ON: zone 4b/5a)
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And Scotty- here is a section from the customs website talking about the houseplant thing. Looks to me like ANY palm should count, but you may have a hard time getting a trunked palmetto to meet the requirements!

"Houseplants are defined as plants commonly known and recognized as such, which are grown or intended to be grown indoors. These do not include bonsai plants. If you are importing houseplants from the continental United States as part of your baggage or household effects, you do not need phytosanitary certificates or import permits. For all other plants from the United States, you may require a phytosanitary certificate from the United States Department of Agriculture and an import permit from the CFIA."

Eons ago during a vacation in Hawaii, I found a sprouted cocos in a ditch (during a "touristy" outing) and picked it up.
Had to take it to the UofH, get a phyto ($$$) to bring it back in carry-on luggage.

It wasn't the plant that might affect Canadian crops...it's the soil organisms the CFIA is concerned about.

It was dead within a year, 'coz there was no Palms North forum yet!

Maybe get the "rules and regs" printed off the internet, and take them with you.

Glad that there's now a loophole for people crossing the border with plants.

Maybe we can have the same thing apply for mail orders one day! My order last year still needed a phyto.

Barb

Another thing Barb, is that EU countried don't require phyto cert's for shipping plants between them... It would be great if we could get such a thing here in NA, since the import fees etc. are what kills ordering via the USA!

That's because the EU has their act together! Canada's bureaucrats and border constabulary live in a vacuum.
Maybe their guns are strapped on too tightly.

import fees etc. are what kills ordering via the USA!

My y.rostrata SEEDLINGS from the Carolinas--at $60 each finished price--can attest to that!

Barb

Hahaha, oops I forgot to get those permits!!