It wasn't just his using already created plants, but his modification of these plants that made them excellent. I own xFrog plants and these are okay, but what Lightning did was make them look better. His grass was the best we had ever seen, before he came along.
So, yes, I know about the whole mess. But, that's why I'm mentioning it now - we had plants and now we could have plants at a reasonable price as we were told, if xFrog comes through.