Can you send plants in the mail?

I have a friend too far to drive to give her some of my spider plants. Can i send them to her in the mail? How would i go about doing that?? Thanks!!!

Can you send plants in the mail?
Yes you can! Go to the post office and make sure it is endorsed "special handling", its about 6.25 for less than 10 lbs. You can send plants, in fact you can apparently send animals, even bees and baby poultry... weird. Follow the other person's advice about how to package it tho... it is sound advice.
Reply:You can typically send plants domestically but there is a list of prohibited agriculture. Call the USPS hotline and they can give you all the information. Though you should be fine if your sending it within the same state.
Reply:Sure, it's done all the time. I wouldn't send a giant plant, of course. I'd send rooted "spiders", the offshoots. You can remove the flower pot, wrap the root ball in Saran wrap or a plastic bag, put a cardboard collar around the leaves and then pack them in a box with styrafoam peanuts. Ship it the fastest way you can, the plants will be fine for up to 10 days, but better only a few days.





If you are growing the babies in a plastic pot, I wouldn't bother removing the pot, they don't weight that much. Maximum size I'd ship, 4 inch pot size.





Sending an unrooted spider is iffy as they don't last long without roots and moisture.
Reply:Sure greenhouses do it all the time. Use a plastic lined bag %26amp; lable it live plants. As long as there domestic there shouldn't be any problem.
Reply:nope
Reply:i think....first class....lol