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This incredibly rare Mahonia, collected from the wild, is the only one remaining from the three planted.
Barry Clarke from the Sir Harold Hillier gardens in Hampshire has had to resort to extreme measures to nip in the bud a spate of exotic and rare plant theft's from the historic gardens.
Staff are rigging up motion senser camera's around the 180 acre site in a bid to deter the green fingered villans.
Plant rustling is becoming an increasing problem across the nation's parks and gardens, with the rarest plants being especially targeted in raids in the dead of night.
This incredibly rare Mahonia, collected from the wild, is the only one remaining from the three planted.
Barry Clarke from the Sir Harold Hillier gardens in Hampshire has had to resort to extreme measures to nip in the bud a spate of exotic and rare plant theft's from the historic gardens.
Staff are rigging up motion senser camera's around the 180 acre site in a bid to deter the green fingered villans.
Plant rustling is becoming an increasing problem across the nation's parks and gardens, with the rarest plants being especially targeted in raids in the dead of night.
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