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All the seed packets. The Imitater is not shown.

Plants are living organisms that belong to the kingdom of Plantae in science, according to their classification systems. They obtain most of their energy from sunlight in a process called photosynthesis. They are the main protagonists within a horde of zombies, and are the player's only defense against the undead assailants. Plants also populate the Zen Garden, available in the PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, iPad and iPhone versions. Zombies can eat plants. As in the Zen Garden, you'll be able to water, spray and fertilize to grow Plants.

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Overview Edit

There are 49 different plants each with different abilities and special attributes. At Night, sun is harder to come by; so mushrooms are usually used. Also, in Pool levels, plants must be either aquatic, or planted on a Lily Pad to be in the water, and the Roof needs Flower Pots to plant on.

On the top of each plant seed packet, there is a phrase: "BLOOM & DOOM SEED CO." (except in DS and DSiWare version)

Plants Received When Playing Adventure Mode Edit

At the end of each level in Adventure Mode, a new seed packet of a plant made by the Bloom & Doom Seed Company is received from the last zombie to get destroyed. There is a theory that Crazy Dave throws them according to a Sneak Peek to the Xbox 360 Version. Once the Suburban Almanac is acquired in level 2-4, a humorous quote of each plant can be read as well as a summary and helpful fact about it.

Plants Received at Crazy Dave's Twiddydinkies Edit

Once Crazy Dave's car key is found, Crazy Dave's Twiddydinkies is unlocked and plants can be purchased. These plants are called Upgrade Plants. They are the Gatling Pea, Twin Sunflower, Gloom-shroom, Cattail, Winter Melon, Gold Magnet, Spikerock, and Cob Cannon. The Imitater is also available here, but requires completing Adventure Mode before it can be bought. Other Upgrade Plants will arrive after receiving certain objects, such as the Magic Taco. Also if you have bought the Imitater, you will see a picture of the Imitater in the upper left hand corner. Click on it to see his seed packet.

Projectiles Edit

To fight zombies, certain projectiles are fired from plants. For example, Peas are fired from Peashooting Plants, such as Peashooters and Threepeater. Spikes are fired from Cattail and Cactus. Spores are shot from Puff-shroom, Scaredy-shroom and Sea-shroom. Fumes are shot from Fume-shroom and Gloom-shroom. Lobbed-shot Plants each fire their own specific kind of projectile. Stars are fired from Starfruits. Lobbed-shot Plants such as Cabbage-pults, Kernel-pults, Melon-pults and Winter Melons can also shoot over shields and hit Snorkel Zombies while they are underwater, although they cannot hit Balloon Zombies despite the fact they shoot high up. Note: The table below is about the damage of the projectiles. The numbers are the number of peas equivalent in damage to the projectile, and a normal zombie takes 10 peas to kill.

Projectile shooter name

Damage per shot

Projectile

Number of pea equivalent

Peashooter, Repeater, Threepeater, Split Pea and Gatling Pea

Normal

Pea or Flaming Pea after passing a Torchwood

1 if pea & flaming pea splash damage; 2 if flaming pea

Snow Pea

Normal, also slows zombies

Frozen Pea

1, reduce zombies' speed by 50%

Puff-shroom, Scaredy-shroom and Sea-shroom

Normal

Spore

1

Fume-shroom and Gloom-shroom

Normal, penetrates screen doors, ladders and Newspapers

Fume

1, all zombies in range

Cactus and Cattail

Normal, pops balloons

Spike

1, or pops balloon (Note: Popping Balloon Zombie's balloons will not kill him. Instead, he will drop to the ground, so other plants can kill him. If his balloon is popped over the Pool, he will die immediately)

Starfruit

Normal

Star

1 (but several of them can hit the same zombie if close enough)

Cabbage-pult

Normal

Cabbage

2

Kernel-pult

Light (kernel), normal and paralyzes zombies (butter)

Kernel/Butter

1 (kernel), 2 + paralyze (butter)

Melon-pult

Heavy, AoE

Melon

4 (target), 2 (splash)

Winter Melon

Very heavy, AoE, slows zombies

Frozen Melon

4 + 50 % speed (target)

2 + 50 % speed (splash)

Here is the plants to what these go to...

  • This is the Peashooter.
  • The Fireball comes from Peashooters, Repeaters , Gatling peas e.t.c.. All those peas (Except Snow peas) if they pass through the Firewood , they will turn into Fireballs
  • This comes out of Snow peas
  • This is just a regular pea.
  • This is a Sunflower. produces suns as you can see.
  • A Sea-shroom shoots out spores.
  • A Cactus shoots spikes.

Sun Producing Plants Edit

Sun producing plants are vital for regular levels in order to plant. Each plant has a certain amount of Sun that is needed in order for it to be planted. Also, the seed packets for plants have a recharge time; some of which are longer than others. In Survival: Endless, upgrades cost 50 more Sun to plant for each of that particular plant on the lawn at the time of planting. Below are the costs of Sun Producing Plants and how much sun is produced.

Cost of Sun Producing Plants

Name of Sun Producing Plant

Sun Cost

Sun Produced by Plant

Sunflower

50

25 sun per production, 50 sun per production in Big Time, the Cancelled Mini-game.

Sun-shroom

25

15 sun per production, then after about 2 minutes, a normal 25 sun per production.

Twin Sunflower

150 (+50 if Survival: Endless)

50 sun per production.







Sun Production

Sun Size

Amount of Sun Given

Big Sun

50

Normal Sun

25

Small Sun

15

Money Producing Plants Edit

The Marigold is the only money producing plant, but plants in the Zen Garden also make coins when watered, when fertilized and when happy. In the Zen Garden , You can make lots of money at the right time.

Morticulturalist Achievement Edit

To unlock the Morticulturalist achievement you must collect all 49 plants, including the upgrade plants and the Imitater in Crazy Dave's shop. Be prepared to be money farming for a long time, because all plants from Crazy Dave when added together cost $98,000!

List of Plants Edit

Plant

Image

Characteristics

Sun cost

Recharge

Peashooter

Peashooter2.png

Shoots peas at zombies.

100

Fast

Sunflower***

Sunflower2.png

Produces 25 sun about every 24 seconds.

50

Fast

Cherry Bomb

Cherry Bomb2.png

Explodes all zombies in a 3x3 area.

150

Very Slow

Wall-nut***

Wall-nut2.png

Much stronger than most plants and protects anything behind it.

50

Slow

Potato Mine

Potato Mine2.png

Explodes all zombies in its square, but takes 15 seconds to arm itself. Must be planted in earth.

25

Slow

Snow Pea

Snow Pea2.png

Shoots frozen peas that damage and slow zombies.

175

Fast

Chomper

Chomper2.png

Eats any zombie in front, but is vulnerable while chewing.

150

Fast

Repeater

Repeater2.png

Shoots two peas at a time.

200

Fast

Puff-shroom

Puff-shroom2.png

Nocturnal, shoots spores to zombies up to 3 squares away from it.

0

Fast

Sun-shroom

Sun-shroom2.png

Nocturnal, gives 15 sun first, then grows and gives 25 sun.

25

Fast

Fume-shroom

Fume-shroom2.png

Nocturnal, shoots fumes that damage all zombies up to 4 squares away from it and penetrates shields.

75

Fast

Grave Buster

Grave Buster2.png

Destroys the grave it is planted on, dropping money. Can only be planted on gravestones.

75

Fast

Hypno-shroom

Hypno-shroom2.png

Nocturnal, hypnotizes zombies and makes them turn around and fight other zombies.

75

Slow

Scaredy-shroom

Scaredy-shroom2.png

Nocturnal, shoots long ranged spores. Stops shooting and hides when a zombie is adjacent to it.

25

Fast

Ice-shroom

Ice-shroom2.png

Nocturnal, does 1 damage. Immobilizes all zombies on-screen which gradually recover.

75

Slow

Doom-shroom

Doom-shroom2.png

Nocturnal, explodes all zombies in radius 3.5, then leaves a crater that can't be planted on but will heal itself in 180 seconds. Destroys Lily Pads or Flower Pots underneath.

125

Very Slow

Lily Pad

Lily Pad2.png

Aquatic, allows other plants to be planted in water

25

Fast

Squash

Squash2.png

Waits for a zombie to get to the right or left of it, then squashes all zombies in the same square.

50

Slow

Threepeater

Threepeater2.png

Shoots peas in 3 lanes (above, middle and below)

325

Fast

Tangle Kelp

Tangle Kelp2.png

Aquatic, captures and drowns the first zombie that gets near it. Only able to drown one zombie at a time.

25

Slow

Jalapeno

Jalapeno2.png

Burns all zombies in its row.

125

Very Slow

Spikeweed

Spikeweed2.png

Does damage to zombies that step on it and pops tires on Zombonis. Is destroyed by vehicles, Jack-in-the-Box Zombies and Gargantuar only.

100

Fast

Torchwood

Torchwood.png

Doubles the damage of all regular green peas that pass through it. Flaming peas deal splash damage in the same square of the zombie hit. Also uncovers fog in 1 1/4 squares above, below, right and left. Also negates frozen peas and if the zombie is frozen it unfreezes them.

175

Fast

Tall-nut

Tall-nut2.png

Stronger than a Wall-nut and can't be jumped over, but can be flown over.

125

Slow

Sea-shroom

Sea-shroom2.png

Aquatic and nocturnal, shoots spores to zombies 3 squares away from it.

0

Slow

Plantern

Plantern2.png

Uncovers fog in a 5x5 area.

25

Slow

Cactus

Cactus2.png

Deals normal damage and can stretch up high to pop balloons.

125

Fast

Blover

Blover2.png

Blows away fog temporarily and all Balloon Zombies.

100

Fast

Split Pea

Split Pea2.png

Shoots one pea forwards and two peas backwards.

125

Fast

Starfruit

Starfruit2.png

Shoots stars in 5 directions.

125

Fast

Pumpkin

Pumpkin2.png

As strong as a Wall-nut and can be planted over another plant.

125

Slow

Magnet-shroom

Magnet-shroom2.png

Nocturnal, attracts all metal items on zombies in a 3 square radius. Reloads in 15 seconds.

100

Fast

Cabbage-pult

Cabbage-pult2.png

Lobs cabbages at the half the rate of a Peashooter for double damage.

100

Fast

Flower Pot

Flower Pot2.png

Allows a plant to be planted on the roof.

25

Fast

Kernel-pult

35- Kernel-pult.png

Lobs corn kernels that do normal damage and butter that does double damage and immobilizes zombies.

100

Fast

Coffee Bean

Coffee Bean2.png

Can only be planted on sleeping mushrooms and wakes them up.

75

Fast

Garlic

Garlic2.png

Diverts zombies that bite it to the lane above or below.

50

Fast

Umbrella Leaf

Umbrella Leaf2.png

Bounces off all Bungee Zombies and can deflect basketballs launched by the Catapult Zombies in a 3x3 area.

100

Fast

Marigold***

Marigold2.png

Drops silver and gold coins.

50

Slow

Melon-pult

Melon-pult2.png

Lobs melons at the half the rate of a Peashooter and does splash damage to all adjacent squares. Can hit groups of zombies.

300

Fast (Very Slow in Versus Mode)

Gatling Pea*

Gatling Pea2.png

Shoots 4 peas at a time. Upgrades Repeaters .

250 (+200) in all 450

Very Slow

Twin Sunflower*

Twin Sunflower2.png

Produces 2 regular sun about every 24 seconds. Upgrades Sunflowers .

150 (+50) in all 200

Very Slow

Gloom-shroom*

Gloom-shroom2.png

Shoots fumes 4 times per second in a 3x3 area and penetrates shields. Upgrades Fume-shrooms .

150 (+75) in all 225

Very Slow

Cattail*

Cattail2.png

Aquatic, shoots spikes in any lane and pops balloons. Upgrades Lily Pads .

225 (+25) in all 250

Very Slow

Winter Melon*

Winter Melon2.png

Lobs frozen melons that deal splash damage, damage and slow zombies. Upgrades Melon-pults .

200 (+300) in all 500

Very Slow

Gold Magnet*

Gold Magnet2.png

Attracts all money and does not need a Coffee Bean, as it is diurnal. Upgrades Magnet-shrooms .

50 (+100) in all 150

Very Slow

Spikerock*

Spikerock2.png

Does 2 damages per second to all zombies that step on it and takes 9 vehicles or Gargantuar smashes to be destroyed. Upgrades Spikeweed .

125 (+100) in all 225

Very Slow

Cob Cannon*

Cob Cannon2.png

Click to target where to launch a deadly corn cob, blowing up an area. Upgrades 2 horizontal side-by-side Kernel-pults .

500 (+100x2) in all 700

Very Slow

Imitater**

Imitater2.png

Allows you to have 2 of a plant in any level (except for upgrades). Recharge and cost depend on the imitated plant. Takes 3.2 seconds before imitating.

Depends on plant to copy

As the Imitated Plant

*Is an upgrade that can be bought from Crazy Dave's Twiddydinkies.
**Not an upgrade, but can also be bought from Crazy Dave's Twiddydinkies.
***Becomes bigger in the cancelled Mini-game Big Time.

TriviaEdit

  • Most plants take 6 bites to be eaten.
  • In the new iPhone update, all plants that are being chewed on by zombies will flash, not just the sun producers.
    notice the Tall-nut in the iPhone version
    Calm1234Added by Calm1234
  • No plants start with letter A, X, Y or Z.
  • Mushrooms are classified as plants, even though they are actually fungi, wich is an entirely different kingdom on the tree of life.
  • All plants bounce as if they were following some music, except cardboard ones, which move only in the presence of a zombie in range.
  • Although often thought to not be a plant, the Flower Pot does have eyes and its Almanac Entry suggests that it is indeed a plant.
    All plants except Doom-shroom, Ice-shroom, Upgrades and the Imitater
    JerryhhlongAdded by Jerryhhlong
  • In the Instant kills' Suburban Almanac pages, they do blink. Also the Garlic when it is crying never seems to blink.
  • A Potato Mine takes about 15 seconds to get itself armed, or the time for a normal Zombie's speed to go 3 squares.
  • Different animations are seen when you plant something in a different terrain. If you plant something on land, or a Flower Pot, you can see soil jumping out of the ground. If you plant something on water, there will be a splash of water.
  • When you plant on land or on a Flower Pot, there are two slightly different sound effects that can be made. Planting on water, however will only produce one sound effect.
  • No code can affect the plants, however many affect the zombies.
  • The Chomper, Gold Magnet, Spikerock and Grave Buster are the only plants whose names are not derived from a plant.
  • On the Plants vs Zombies website it says that Chomper costs 175 sun, but it actually costs 150.
  • Upgrade plants says they must be planted on their downgrades, Grave Buster must be planted on graves, Lily Pad must be planted on water, and Flower Pot can be planted on the both Roof & the Lawn.
  • At the Zen Garden, you can water, spray, play music to, and grow a plant.
  • With the exception of the DS/DSi versions, no plants on the screen will bounce at the same rate.
  • Plants are translated in Japanese as "植物" or "プラント" (Shokubutsu or Puranto).
  • The Corn Cob takes about 36 seconds to be ready.
  • The most plants you can have on 1 square is five: Lily Pad/Flower Pot + a Magnet-shroom + a Coffee Bean + a Gold Magnet + a Pumpkin.
  • The Melon-pult is the popular plant in Survival: Endless.
  • In the Zen Garden, aquatic plants never asks for water.

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