Has anyone else had problems with thieves pinching young buds from their
paeonies?

I have two fabulous plants which are very close to our pavement boundary,
and I have noticed that a lot of the 'ready-to-burst' buds have suddenly
mysteriously vanished - and no, not pulled off, but actually cut neatly from
the bush. It makes me very sad, as they are one of my favourite flowers and
are so full of blooms this time of year, but this year they are more a mound
of green than cerise...

Just how low will some people stoop? (and I don't mean stooping to paeony
height ;-) )

Jo
from deepest Daventry in the Midlands.

p.s. And this wasn't a one-off - since noticing it last week, even more have
been pruned this week...

anyone got any tips on good cctv systems?