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Plants You Are Not Permitted to Grow in Japan

anzuume
18 years ago

I happened to read the thread (not in GW but a gardening forum in Japanese) which was started by the one who was surprised at Coreopsis lanceolata's having been newly listed in the law about adventive animals and plants (I don't know the official English name of the law but the Japanese name is Gairai-Seibutsu-Hou.)

It made me think of listing, here in English for non-Japanese gardeners in Japan, the plants you are not permitted to grow in Japan. (Whoa, how should I combine those phrases into one sentence in English... just hope that makes sense.)

1. The law about adventive animals and plants (Gairai-Seibutsu-Hou.) The newest animal/plant list went into effect on 1 Feb 2006. The law says you cannot grow these plants in Japan.

* Coreopsis lanceolata

* Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

* Rudbeckia laciniata

* Senecio madagascariensis

* Veronica anagallis-aquatica

* Alternanthera philoxeroides

* Hydrocotyle ranunculoides

* Sicyos angulatus

* Myriophyllum aquaticum

* Spartina anglica

* Pistia stratiotes

* Azolla cristata

2. Before that law, you are never permitted to grow these plants in Japan by the other laws.

* Papaver setigerum

* Papaver somniferum

* Papaver bracteatum

* Cannabis sativa

Hope this helps. Happy gardening in Japan.

Anzuume

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