# Plants and seeds for planting — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Plants and seeds for planting, carrier is Royal Mail / Post Office; restriction type is allowed; scope is UK destinations; conditions is 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, recorded from its source on 2026-08-03.

- **Item category:** Plants and seeds for planting _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** Royal Mail / Post Office _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** allowed _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** UK destinations _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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

## What the source says

> 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

## Source

- https://www.postoffice.co.uk/mail/what-can-i-send

Last verified: 2026-08-03. Review by: 2027-08-03.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).