SOMEONE STOLE THEM

SOMEONE STOLE MY TWO MATRONA SEDUMS OUT OF MY FRONT GARDEN. I WAS REALLY SHOCKED TO FIND THEM GONE. THEY WERE THE LARGEST IN MY SEDUM GARDEN AND WERE THE SHOWCASE OF THE SEDUM GARDEN. SOME OF MY OTHER SEDUMS ARE NICER BUT NOT AS BIG.  I SURE HOPE THEY ENJOY THEM.

Wow, I can't even imagine what kind of person would do that. If they want them so badly, come in and ask for a piece and I am sure most of us would be happy to comply if possible, but to steal someones plants....no class. Sorry Dude, can only hope Karma catches up to them sooner rather than later.

donybee, that is horrible!  What jerks.  This is part of the reason I haven't had my yard in a garden walk and when I give away stuff I try to meet somewhere else other than my house.  When I volunteered at a local garden plants were stolen all the time.  They had a beautiful hosta collection and someone came in one night and took all the rare ones.

I don't care what anyone says, not all gardeners are nice!  I'm so sorry because I know how much you love your sedums.

Takes a lot of nerve  Gosh donybee, I'm so sorry that they got your plants let alone your favs.

  I know exactly how that feels dony ....  I hope they come back for more and you catch them!!  That is horrible. 

Grrrrrrr. So very sorry to hear this.

That is totally shocking! Sorry to hear that they stole your show pieces. I've never heard of such a thing happening before.

I'd drive around the neighborhood to see if I can see them. I have a wireless camera out front and my webcam in the back in a window so I can see everything.

Donybee, that is just wrong.  I am sorry.  I cannot imagine someone taking plants out of the ground.  I have heard of people taking potted plants but how do you go in someone's garden with a shovel?

Your property is isolated isn't it?

There's no sense in people stealing, I give cuttings and seeds away all the time, if you're too proud to ask, and just want to steal, a few days in jail should teach someone a lesson.

Sorry to hear this, Donybee.  It's particularly awful when the plant(s) taken are

favourites.  I suppose it is a kind of backhanded compliment to the success of your

garden.

I would always ask for cuttings, but I have been known to pinch small pieces from

neglected back lanes.  That's why I have this healthy red geranium all over my new

place.  I've stopped feeling guilty now, but when I actually took the cuttings from the huge hedge that needed a trim anyway,  I felt very wicked.

Oh my I am so sorry Donybee. Some people just have no sense of guilt. Do like I think it was smurf said, walk around the neighborhood nonchalantly, and look for them. This is the icing on the cake Donybee. We placed new little Rhodys at our church. 4 of them to be exact. 2 days later they were dug up and stolen. Then that was`nt bad enough. They returned 3 days after that and took alot of the dirt they were planted in. Hope they die on them!!! Maybe they were and that`s why they thought they`d better come back and get some of the dirt they got them from!!

donybee please PM me your address..I am going to send you a nice cutting of sedum Matrona. My treat, sorry to hear some one can be so mean.

blessings to you..RR

How awful Donybee. Unfortunately, this is not the first time I've heard of this. I had a customer tell me just the other day that she had 3 rose bushes stolen from her front yard. Can't imagine anyone being so bold as to go in with a shovel and steal fully grown plants.

that's just plain wicked Dony  Most gardeners would be happy to give up a cutting of their plants without people just helping themselves to the whole plant, I feel for you

Sorry to hear it Donny as you may remember I went through it at the last place too .With the theft of 6 standard roses from the front yard.GRRR some people have no shame but  on a positive its nice of River rock to send you a cutting.If they had stopped to ask you would have probably given not only the cutting but growing advice.........may the fleas of a thousand camels infest their armpits.

just keep an eye out for the guys with REALLY itchy armpits!!

Ditto!   RiverRock that is very generous of you.

It is my pleasure all she has to do is PM me.  I have had people be so generous to me many times..especially this spring when there was an accident with my greenhouse after a huge storm and i took some losses. Some people were so sweet to me and sent me plants and such nice well wishes.

It reall is so much sweeter to give then recieve. I am so blessed in my gardening and house plants.

That must have been tough.  That's nice when people help each other out like that.  Dony and I have traded in the past but now I don't have the one that was stolen.  Oh, and Dony is very much a guy so don't wait for a she to pm you.

LOL..ok thanks for the heads up

Thanks for the offer River, I have other Matronas but not as large as the two stolen. Thanks everyone for your concern. I've collected for so many years I have more than doubles of everything and quadruples of others..

Dony, that's good news.  You wouldn't by any chance have Sedum 'Hopewell".  Its a purple one.  They quit selling it and I can't track it down.  It was my favorite sedum but I lost it during our flood year.  Could kick myself for not taking cuttings quick enough.  Anyway, if you ever know of a place that has it please let me know.

Your very welcome dony..I am glad you still have some.  I would love to find a nice plant of jellybean some day.

I just remembered, in 2001 I had a neighbor steal several potted plants from me, elephant ear, pothos vine, monstera and a few others. Well I asked everyone if they had seen anything and they said no. The following spring the neighbor in the house in front of my apartment was being evicted (big drug addict) and she had called to have her utilities turned off. Well she asked me to fill some buckets with water and help her carry them upstairs. Guess what I seen? YES every plant I had missing was in her apt and dead. But it wasn't worth calling the cops over a few dead plants. I did alert everyone else who had plants to watch her.

I was more shocked to find them missing and really surprised because I have other Sedums that certainly would be more showy, like  Frosty Morn or any of the other varigated varieties I have. No doubt it was someone in the area that knew I collected Sedums. I may see them in someone's garden nearby.

i actually never heard of anyone stealing plants out of peoples gardens until this spring - i have been pretty shocked to find on occasion some my neighbors plants have been stolen....i am always seeing whats around when i walk my dogs and the first time this happened i was at a loss for words... you would think that someone could at least ask you for one...so if it is any consolation you are not the only victim of the plant thiefs :-)

Donybee, you have the frosty morn? Do you have any you can trade or take postage for? Mine never came back this year and no one has it around here :-( However my autumn joy is back and huge.

So sorry to hear this Dony. Some people have no reguard for others.

My little brother (who was 10 at the time) got me a bunch of peonies and roses for my birthday years and years ago. They had obviously been picked from somebodies front lawn, and I wasn't sure whether to outright snap or thank him ... fortunately my mum lay down the discipline before i had to