We used to call the theft of plants from newly planted beds
"Finger blight".
Mostly the people who steal plants are not those who cant afford to buy
plants, though there have been several instances in this part of Wales of
people waking up in the morning to find that their New hedge has gone walk
about, though there was one case of a 2yr old hedge around 60 ft long that
went in one night, and the ground was levelled out where it had been.

David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk