Plants (PvZ2)

A total of 30 plants return from the first game, seven of which are now premium plants that must first be bought from the in-game store with real money before they can be used. The majority of losses from the first game are due to environmental differences between the levels of the two games. For example, there are no fog levels yet in Plants vs. Zombies 2: it's About Time. Additionally, 20 new plants were added, three of which are premium plants, bringing the grand total up to 52. However, there are four plants exclusive to China in the Kung-Fu World and two new plants, so including them brings the total to 56.

In the months following the game's release, PopCap intends to add more worlds to the game via updates, and these worlds will bring with them more plants. The following list is therefore open to expansion.

Additionally, a few of the plants not returning from the first game instead appear in cameo roles.

List of plants
Recharge time:
 * Fast - 7.5 seconds
 * Mediocre - 15 seconds
 * Sluggish - 30 seconds
 * Slow - 50 seconds
 * Very Slow - 1 minute 7.5 seconds

Cameo appearances

 * Gatling Pea - Using Plant Food on a Peashooter or Repeater temporarily upgrades it into a plant that resembles the Gatling Pea.
 * Flower Pot - The plants in the Zen Garden are in Flower Pots.

Trivia

 * The plants (except some like Wall-nut, Tall-nut, Pea-nut) now take four bites before being eaten.
 * More plants start with the letter "S" than any other letter, with eleven.
 * Four of these plants are introduced in Pirate Seas.
 * Twin Sunflower, Winter Melon, Spikerock are no longer upgrade plants. Instead, they can now be planted like normal plants.
 * The player can only use premium plants for free in the following levels:
 * Piñata Party;
 * In Far Future - Day 20, Starfruits are the endangered plants;
 * In Dark Ages - Night 4, Hypno-shrooms are available via conveyor belt;
 * In Dark Ages - Night 8, Hypno-shrooms are given to the player as one of the Locked and Loaded plants;
 * In Dark Ages - Night 13 and Night 20, Pea-nuts are available via conveyor-belt;
 * In Dark Ages - Night 18, Pea-nuts are given to the player.
 * In Big Wave Beach - Day 3 and Day 16, Chompers are available via conveyor-belt.
 * In Big Wave Beach - Day 14, Chomper is a given plant.
 * Power Lily is the only plant that has a very slow recharge.
 * Pea-nut, Power Lily and Ghost Pepper are the only premium plants which do not appear in Plants vs. Zombies.
 * Mushrooms no longer sleep in day, they wake up instead.
 * In the Chinese version, there are no such thing as Premium Plants. Instead, they are free, except for the Cherry Bomb.
 * Snow Pea and Torchwood debut in Ancient Egypt;
 * Power Lily debuts in Pirate Seas;
 * Squash, Jalapeno and Imitater debut in Wild West;
 * Starfruit debuts in Far Future.
 * E.M.Peach is the only plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time that has the first letter E.
 * Tile Turnip is the most expensive plant in those plants.
 * All Day and Pool plants in Plants vs. Zombies have returned.