Please check out the proposed changes here:

Nursery Stock Regulations

M.P. Tilton

Living in California we have "bug stations" at all the borders. Every time we went to Reno shopping, through the bug station we went on the way back.

MOst times we got the 'wave'... But sometimes we were stopped. "Do you have any fruits or vegtables in the car?"
If no, have a nice day. If Yes, expect confiscation. Didn't matter when / where / what, they'd take it.

I know the purpose was to protect the 'ag state' from foreign bugs... But if someone had been through the station more than once & wanted to keep the oranges, "No" was always the answer.

NOw folks ship things all over all the time. Sometimes on ebay I run across the "Can't ship to here here & here" disclaimer on a plant, but it's rare.

When plant sales are between 2 people, often we're not aware of any regulations. Sometimes if we are, we just won't mark "live plants" on the box. It makes it through just fine.

What I'm saying is the new regulations will probably only apply to businesses, as the old regulations have.

Just my humple opinion.