Can I Bring My Plants? One plant, every state
Moving nursery stock and shrubs across state lines
Woody ornamentals sold for planting out.
balled-and-burlapped, containerised shrubs, bare-root stock
Which states restrict nursery stock and shrubs?
Tap a state for its rule
- Fine
- Conditional
- Approval required
- Not allowed
- No data
Every state
- Alabama Conditional
- Alaska Conditional
- Arizona Conditional
- Arkansas Conditional
- California Conditional
- Colorado No data
- Connecticut Conditional
- Delaware Conditional
- District of Columbia Fine
- Florida No data
- Georgia No data
- Hawaii Conditional
- Idaho No data
- Illinois No data
- Indiana No data
- Iowa Conditional
- Kansas No data
- Kentucky Conditional
- Louisiana Conditional
- Maine Conditional
- Maryland No data
- Massachusetts Conditional
- Michigan No data
- Minnesota No data
- Mississippi Conditional
- Missouri No data
- Montana No data
- Nebraska No data
- Nevada No data
- New Hampshire No data
- New Jersey No data
- New Mexico Conditional
- New York No data
- North Carolina No data
- North Dakota No data
- Ohio No data
- Oklahoma Conditional
- Oregon Conditional
- Pennsylvania No data
- Rhode Island No data
- South Carolina No data
- South Dakota No data
- Tennessee No data
- Texas Conditional
- Utah No data
- Vermont Conditional
- Virginia No data
- Washington Conditional
- West Virginia Conditional
- Wisconsin No data
- Wyoming Conditional
Why nursery stock and shrubs can be different
Woody ornamentals sold for planting out.
- Applesnail
- Brown garden snail
- Cotton seed bug
- Dogwood anthracnose
- Emerald ash borer
- Fruit fly
- Imported fire ant
- Japanese beetle
- Spongy moth
- Spotted lanternfly
- Sudden oak death
Strictest destinations
Checked Oct 2026 against state agriculture departments and USDA APHIS.