To be fair and accurate, the only restriction preventing them from shipping to those states is their choice not to expose themselves to the pesticides required by those states to treat plants shipped there against Japanese Beetles. Those states require all stock originating where the beetles exist to be dunked into a pesticide drench to prevent their spread. If the nursery owner wished to handle the pesticides and expose herself and all around her to them, she could treat the plants as those states require before shipping. They choose not to expose themselves to the required pesticides. While that does limit our choices a bit as well as deprive her of the pleasure of our business, you have to respect her choice not to handle toxins she deems potentially harmful.