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Old 16-Sep-2003   #18
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Originally posted by Walter_Pall
It is impossible to import any living plant into Japan. Therefore they have to rely on what they have got. On very rare instances trees are smuggled into Japan, but then it is a non-Japanese species and it wil never be possible to exhibit such a tree.

The rules concerning import may be different for a Japanese, and particularly for one of influence. I was told by one of the Japanese Masters that frequents California, that he returned with a dozen California and Sierra junipers, but they did not adapt well to the climate.

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Matt
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