Anyone from plant breeders and growers to homeowners can discover a new plant. New plants can come from seedlings (hybrids), or a branch sport that appears different from the rest of a plant, or some other variation of the mother plant from the flowers to the leaves. Seeds are especially great because of their genetic variability and the fact that 100 seeds can be planted and the one that performs the best out of the 100 could be patentable.