This is not uncommon when you buy a new variety of plant from a garden centre. It's known as "Plant Breeders Rights" and is mainly to stop people buying the new

This is not uncommon when you buy a new variety of plant from a garden centre. It's known as "Plant Breeders Rights" and is mainly to stop people buying the new plant and propagating it themselves with no money going back to the original breeder. I guess it's a bit analogous to software or music piracy - making multiple copies of someone else's original work. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_breeders%27_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_breeders%27_rights