Regulated plants for planting under a Northern Ireland plant health label (NIPHL)
Updated 5 April 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
- Acer*
- Albizia
- Alnus
-
Annona
- Bauhinia
- Berberis
- Betula
- Caesalpinia
-
Cassia
- Castanea
- Citrus
- Cornus
- Corylus
-
Crataegus*
- Diospyros
- Fagus*
- Ficus carica
- Fortunella
-
Fraxinus
- Hamamelis
- Jasminum
- Juglans
- Ligustrum (except L. delavayanum and L. japonicum)
-
Lonicera
- Malus*
- Nerium
- Persea
- Poncirus
-
Populus
- Prunus
- Quercus*
- Robinia
- Salix
-
Sorbus
- Taxus
- Tilia
- Ullucus tuberosus
- Ulmus
- Vitis
*Some of the species in this genus have now been approved to move. Consult your local PHSI Inspector.
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