Plants and seeds for planting · Royal Mail / Post Office
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For Plants and seeds for planting · Royal Mail / Post Office, item category is Plants and seeds for planting; carrier is Royal Mail / Post Office; restriction type is restricted; scope is UK only (international mail prohibited), recorded from its source on 2026-08-30.
Plants and seeds for planting (including bulbs, potted plants, potted flowers, plant plugs, shrubs, trees, packets of seeds) International destinations - Not allowed in the mail UK destinations - Allowed in the mail, with restrictions and packaging guidelines below. Note: from 2 June 2025 plants and seeds are prohibited when sent from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. Please also see the section on ‘Perishable Items’. For more details, please follow this link Use 1st Class as the minimum service. Should be able to withstand a journey of up to 48 hours. Must be suitably sealed to prevent leakage or tainting of other items such as in sealed plastic bags Must be packed in a strong corrugated board box or purpose designed polystyrene pack. The sender's name and return address must be clearly visible on the outer packaging. Packages must be clearly labelled "PERISHABLE".
— postoffice.co.uk, retrieved 2026-08-30
- Item category
- Plants and seeds for planting verified
- Carrier
- Royal Mail / Post Office our reading
- Restriction type
- restricted our reading
- Scope
- UK only (international mail prohibited) our reading
- Conditions
- UK destinations - Allowed in the mail, with restrictions and packaging guidelines below. Note: from 2 June 2025 plants and seeds are prohibited when sent from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. Please also see the section on ‘Perishable Items’. For more details, please follow this link Use 1st Class as the minimum service. Should be able to withstand a journey of up to 48 hours. Must be suitably sealed to prevent leakage or tainting of other items such as in sealed plastic bags Must be packed in a strong corrugated board box or purpose designed polystyrene pack. The sender's name and return address must be clearly visible on the outer packaging. Packages must be clearly labelled "PERISHABLE". verified
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Source
- postoffice.co.ukhttps://www.postoffice.co.uk/mail/what-can-i-send