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Regulated plants for planting under a Northern Ireland plant health label (NIPHL)

Updated 29 November 2024

This guide applies to plants for planting moving from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to Northern Ireland under a Northern Ireland plant health label (NIPHL).

This guide is based on EU legislation, mainly ‘EU Implementing Regulation 2019/2072’.

Plants for planting

All plants for planting are regulated. Some are prohibited and some will need growing season inspections before they can be moved. All plants for planting must have a NIPHL attached before they are moved.

Plants for planting include, but are not limited to:

• plants that can only grow in water or soil that’s permanently saturated with water
• bulbs

• tubers

• rhizomes
• algae

A full definition of plants for planting can be found in Article 2 of the Plant Health Regulation 2016/2031.

List 1: prohibited plants

The plants in this list must not be moved from Great Britain to Northern Ireland:

• Acacia
• Albizia
• Alnus

• Annona

• Bauhinia
• Berberis
• Betula
• Caesalpinia

• Cassia

• Castanea
• Citrus

• Cornus

• Diospyros
• Ficus carica
• Fortunella

• Fraxinus

• Hamamelis
• Jasminum
• Juglans

• Lonicera

• Nerium
• Persea
• Poncirus

• Populus

• Robinia
• Salix

• Sorbus

• Taxus
• Ullucus tuberosus
• Ulmus
• Vitis

You must consult your local plant health and seeds inspector (PHSI) if you wish to move any of the following plants for planting from Great Britain, as some of the species within these genera have now been approved to move:

• Acer
• Corylus
• Crataegus
• Fagus
• Ligustrum
• Malus
• Prunus
• Quercus
• Tilia

List 2: EU Xylella hosts

The plants in this list host regulated pests and disease. They must have a growing season inspection before they can enter Northern Ireland from Great Britain:

• Adenocarpus lainzii

• Amaranthus retroflexus
• Ambrosia
• Ampelopsis arborea
• Ampelopsis brevipedunculata

• Ampelopsis cordata

• Anthyllis hermanniae
• Artemisia
• Asparagus acutifolius
• Athyrium filix-femina

• Baccharis

• Brassica
• Calicotome spinosa
• Calicotome villosa
• Callicarpa americana

• Callistemon citrinus

• Calluna vulgaris
• Carya
• Catharanthus roseus
• Celtis occidentalis

• Cercis canadensis

• Cercis occidentalis
• Cercis siliquastrum
• Chamaecrista fasciculata
• Chenopodium album

• Chionanthus

• Chitalpa tashkentensis
• Cistus
• Citrus
• Clematis cirrhosa

• Coelorachis cylindrica

• Coffea
• Conium maculatum
• Convolvulus cneorum
• Coprosma repens

• Coronilla

• Cyperus eragrostis
• Cytisus
• Digitaria
• Diplocyclos palmatus

• Dodonaea viscosa

• Echium plantagineum
• Elaeagnus angustifolia
• Encelia farinose
• Eremophila maculate

• Erigeron

• Erodium moschatum
• Erysimum hybrids
• Euphorbia chamaesyce
• Euphorbia terracina

• Euryops chrysanthemoides

• Euryops pectinatus
• Fallopia japonica
• Fatsia japonica
• Fortunella

• Frangula alnus

• Genista
• Ginkgo biloba
• Gleditsia triacanthos
• Grevillea juniperina

• Hebe

• Helianthus
• Helichrysum
• Heliotropium europaeum
• Hemerocallis

• Hevea brasiliensis

• Hibiscus
• Humulus scandens
• Ilex aquifolium
• Ilex vomitoria

• Iva annua

• Jacaranda mimosifolia
• Juniperus ashei
• Koelreuteria bipinnata
• Lagerstroemia

• Laurus nobilis

• Lavandula
• Lavatera cretica
• Liquidambar styraciflua
• Lonicera japonica

• Lupinus aridorum

• Lupinus villlosus
• Magnolia grandiflora
• Mallotus paniculatus
• Medicago arborea

• Medicago sativa

• Metrosideros
• Mimosa
• Modiola caroliniana
• Morus

• Myoporum insulare

• Myrtus communis
• Nandina domestica
• Neptunia lutea
• Olea

• Osteospermum ecklonis

• Osteospermum fruticosum
• Parthenocissus quinquefolia
• Paspalum dilatatum
• Pelargonium

• Perovskia abrotanoides

• Phagnalon saxatile
• Phillyrea angustifolia
• Phillyrea latifolia
• Phlomis fruticose

• Phoenix

• Pinus taeda
• Pistacia vera
• Plantago lanceolata
• Platanus

• Pluchea odorata

• Polygala grandiflora
• Polygala myrtifolia
• Prunus
• Psidium

• Pteridium aquilinum

• Pyrus
• Ratibida columnifera
• Rhamnus
• Rhus

• Rosa

• Rubus
• Ruta chalepensis
• Salvia mellifera
• Salvia officinalis

• Salvia rosmarinus

• Sambucus
• Santolina chamaecyparissus
• Santolina magonica
• Sapindus

• Saponaria

• Sassafras
• Setaria magna
• Solidago fistulosa
• Solidago virgaurea

• Sorghum halepense

• Spartium
• Stewartia pseudocamellia
• Strelitzia reginae
• Streptocarpus

• Symphyotrichum divaricatum

• Teucrium capitatum
• Trifolium repens
• Ulex
• Ulmus

• Vaccinium

• Vinca
• Vitis
• Westringia fruticose
• Westringia glabra
• Xanthium strumarium

List 3: EU Phytophthora ramorum hosts

The plants in this list host regulated pests and disease. They must have a growing season inspection before they can enter Northern Ireland from Great Britain:

• Adiantum aleuticus
• Adiantum jordanii

• Aesculus californica

• Aesculus hippocastanum
• Arbutus menziesii
• Arbutus unedo
• Arctostaphylos

• Calluna vulgaris

• Camellia
• Frangula californica
• Frangula purshiana
• Griselinia littoralis

• Heteromeles arbutifolia

• Kalmia latifolia
• Larix decidua
• Larix kaempferi
• Larix x eurolepis

• Laurus nobilis

• Leucothoe
• Lithocarpus densiflorus
• Magnolia
• Michelia doltsopa

• Nothofagus obliqua

• Osmanthus heterophyllus
• Parrotia persica
• Photinia x fraseri
• Pieris

• Pseudotsuga menziesii

• Rhododendron (other than Rhododendron simsii)
• Rosa gymnocarpa
• Sequoia sempervirens
• Syringa vulgaris

• Trientalis latifolia

• Umbellularia californica
• Vaccinium
• Viburnum

List 4: other host plants

The plants in this list host regulated pests and disease. They must have a growing season inspection before they can enter Northern Ireland from Great Britain:

• Allium cepa
• Allium fistulosum
• Allium fistulosum
• Allium sativum

• Asparagus officinalis

• Begonia x heimalis
• Beta vulgaris
• Capsicum annuum
• Cynara cardunculus

• Chrysanthemum

• Euphorbia pulcherrima
• Fuchsia
• Gerbera
• Humulus lupulus

• Impatiens

• Lactuca sativa
• Ligustrum delavayanum
• Ligustrum japonicum
• Musa

• Nicotiana

• Pelargonium
• Pyrus
• Rubus
• Solanum lycopersicum
• Solanum melongena