Plant burglars...!! Anyone else had a plant stolen from their garden?
Question:Saturday morning nice and sunny, right today I will do some gardening...what the hell.someone has dug out my new Rosemary bush ...damn.. This little bush (Rosmarinus officinalis ) was a gift from a friend and I had planted it in my garden two months ago and with all the care I have been giving it it was doing well and starting to flower. I have had pot plants snaffled before but this is the first time someone has actually dug one of my plants out. Any similar stories ?
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yea today i went outside to my parents garden and their were 2 tomato plants stolen. We use Red Pepper seasoning to keep them away, but we didn't put any on the plants because it has rained the past 2 days.
People steal flowers and plants from the cemetery.
Here on Cape Cod people steal those big blue/purple flowers that right now I cannot come up with the name of right off the bush and sometimes even dig them up.
I had potted plants stolen, but never one already planted in the ground. We once had someone drive over trees we just planted in our yard. But to dig one up I do say that's the first I ever heard of that.
Someone stole the freesias in front of the place where I worked.
They didn't just pick the flowers, they dug up the bulbs. grrr. And years ago thieves were digging up valuable japanese maples from lawns in wealthy neighborhoods where I lived. These were very large trees, not some tiny ones that had just been planted,and were worth thousands of dollars.
i personally haven't had it happen to me but one of the people in the neighborhood has been caught by at least 3 people digging up their plants in the middle of the night. another neighbor had 2 japanese maples ripped right out of her front yard in the middle of the night. it's kind of pathetic actually.
Its actually becoming a big problem for municipalities. They have a term for it, they call it: midnight landscapers. People who are too cheap to go out and buy their own plants.
In my area the city is offering rewards to people who help them track down people who are stealing city installed landscaping.
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