"Kira Dirlik" !! wrote in message
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On Wed, 18 May 2005 22:11:53 +0000, CTTom
wrote:
That sounds horrendous, laurie -- a sort of horticultural wild west.
I'm writing an article about theft of garden plants for an American
gardening magazine. I would love to interview you, or anyone else with
similar experiences, who would be willing to discuss them with me. In
particular, I'm curious about the black market in stolen plants. Who
buys this stuff?

I was thinking about this thread today, as I shopped at a local
grocery and saw all the many new bushes and small trees planted along
the parking lot. How easy to come in and unearth them. And all
the hostas at the post office, which have been there for several
years. Where are these stolen plants sold? Or are they digging them
up to give Mom on Mother's Day? It's almost as bad as stealing pets.
Kira


My neighbors (several of them) steal for their own yards. No one seems to
do anything about it, so it continues.
Even their kids steal them now, called picking flowers for mommies. One of
them told their mum I said that I pick fingers for my dogs. I denied it,
but it has helped keep the flower and plant's from being dug up a little
bit.

Jo