
ERIKA SCHULTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Green thumbs with sticky fingers: Plant thieves strike Seattle yards, parks
What she's resorted to: Jahns knows her new Daphne isn't priceless, but she's using barbed wire, chain and masonry as a deterrent. "It's just such a petty crime, but it's not cheap for us to keep replacing them." Plant thefts from city parks have amounted to thousands of dollars.