[Lanelle]

Can someone talk a bit about the need for inspection tags/stamps on certain types of nursery stock and fromgrowers in certain parts of the country?
When folks just use a local garden center or re-wholesaler for their plant buys, it isn't much of an issue. That all changes though when you start ordering straight from growers.

What are the various types of inspections?
As a buyer, what are my responsibilities?

[Lanelle]

Doesn't anyone buy their plant material directly from growers or maybe from brokers?

[Stonehenge]

We buy ours from growers, but they're local growers. Never had to worry about (or am too naïve to worry about) checking for inspection tags.

[Lanelle]

I would think that the main pest concern for your area would be Emerald Ash Borer?

[Stonehenge]

And it is. But every tree we buy is grown locally. That being said, we don't know where our competitor who's planting next door bought their trees from.