Hydrangeas Cut at Swampscott Homes

SWAMPSCOTT, MA - Hydrangea bushes at the Swampscott home of Dewey and Joan Spofford have been vandalized again, one year after someone cut the flowers off their plants, according to CBS Boston.

They noticed the damage when they came back from a trip this month. “Two thirds of it were cut and the stems were cut at an angle, which is pretty unusual to do it that way unless they knew exactly what they were doing,” Spofford says.

It’s the second time the plant was hit. The first was almost exactly one year ago. And the thief left nothing behind. “Everything was picked up perfectly,” Spofford says.

Then, right down the street from the Spoffords, John McLaughlin took a look at his hydrangea. “Sure enough, the same kind of cuttings. They were all cut at an angle, professionally. Somebody apparently wanted some cuttings,” he says.

According to Spofford's neighbor John McLaughlin, the thief may have snipped the plants to sell.

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