(Updated May 12, 2004)

Email: constagd2@netgate.com.uy
Snail Mail: Ursula Lengdobler
Oberlindhofstrasse 38
D-93173 Wenzenbach
Germany

Pricing: (in $US)
A discount of 25% is provided for persons who have been  IHS members for one month.

Minimum Postage and handling fee …....   5.00
Pay Per Choice Seed:

             Code A …………………………………  0.20 per seed

             Code B …………………………………  0.10 per seed

             Code F …………………………………  Free Of Charge

Custom Order Seed:
Price per seed (choice of quantity) ….......  1.50 per seed

Ordering: As we are not set up to do on line transactions, ordering is done via communication with the Seed Bank Officer, either via email, fax or snail mail.  Payment is handled via credit card.  There is a minimum handling fee of $5.00 per order.

Free Seed: This is seed for which there is no charge other than the nominal shipping and handling fee. It is a grab bag of seed that can be of the most promising crosses contributed by members who want it to be available free of charge, or seed from easily acquired varieties, or that for which the parentage is unknown, etc.  There is no choice and what you get is what you will see when it arrives – approximately 25 to 50 seeds.  Certain listed seed, i.e., that of Hibiscus species and cousins, may also be free as per the indicated price code.

Pay Per Choice Seed: This may be seed of Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis crosses, Hibiscus Species or Hibiscus Cousins.  There are precise lists for each from which you can order.

Custom Order Seed: If for any reason you would like specific seed of a cross not available, we will ask for volunteers among our membership to try to produce the requested seed.  Some of our members live in climates where seed can be produced any time of the year, and assuming they have the varieties from which seed is desired, which are capable of producing seed, such custom ordered seed might be available within as little as two months.  It is also possible that it cannot be made available at all, so there is no commitment by either party.  Simply make a request and if and when the seed is available, you will be notified.  When seed is available, the cost for this service is $US 5.00 per pod, plus 1.50 per seed, but you needn’t take all the seed produced from the pod.  For example, if a pod produces one seed, the cost is $5.00 handling fee,  + 1.50 for the one seed or a total of $6.50.  If the pod produces 20 seeds, but you only want 10 seeds, the cost is $5.00 + (10 x $1.50) or $20.00.  This is a base price, but depending on the seed requested, it may be adjusted on the basis of the difficulty in acquiring the seed.  Where species seed is desired, harvested from naturally occurring plants, the cost will be considerably less and based on individual inquiries made to the seed bank officer.

Guarantee: The age of seed is indicated for listed seed.  Any seed older than 5 months may have significantly reduced germination, but some seed may sprout which is a year or two old.  We provide no guarantee as to viability of the seed since much depends on the germination and growing techniques used which are beyond our control.  We do, however, want you be happy, since the object of this service is to encourage people to spread the good word of the IHS and promote the growing of hibiscus.  Hence, we will attempt to make reasonable replacements.  Such problems should be addressed to the Seed Bank Officer. Seed growing instructions are included with each order and available on this web site.

Non Profit Statement:All funds received go to the IHS Treasury and are used to maintain this web site and for other projects of interest to the IHS membership and the hibiscus community.  No funds are paid to anyone: seed contributors, Seed Bank Officer, Editor of Hibiscus International, Webmasters, Board Of Directors, etc., many of whom spend their personal funds in support of this and other IHS projects as their personal contribution to the hibiscus community.