Plants (Plants vs. Zombies)

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For other uses, see plants.

Plants are living organisms that belong to the Plantae kingdom. They obtain most of their energy from sunlight in a process called photosynthesis. However, not all plants absorb energy via photosynthesis. They are the protagonists of Plants vs. Zombies and the player's main defense against the undead assailants.

The plants also populate the Zen Garden, available on the PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Android, Nintendo DS, iPad, and iPhone versions of Plants vs. Zombies. In the Zen Garden, the player is able to use the Watering Can, Bug Spray and fertilizer to grow plants and earn money.

Audio

Sound	Description
	A plant planted on water
	A plant planted on the ground.

All the seed packets in the PC version. The purple ones in the bottom row are bought from Crazy Dave's Twiddydinkies.

All Imitater plants

Overview

There are many different plants, each with different abilities and special attributes. During Night, sun does not fall from the sky, so mushrooms are usually used because of their low sun cost. In Pool levels, plants must be either Aquatic or planted on a Lily Pad to be in the water. Fog levels are a mix of night and pool levels but also have fog in the level, which can be removed temporarily with a Blover or removed with a Plantern or Torchwood until the end of the level or whenever the plant is removed with the shovel or eaten/destroyed by zombies. On the Roof, plants require Flower Pots to be planted on before planting the actual plant. Also, the roof is slanted to make the levels harder by making most of the projectiles hit the slanted part of the roof instead of the zombies, so catapult plants are used. A Night Roof setting exists, which is where the player fights Dr. Zomboss. 

On the top of each seed packets, there is a phrase: "Bloom and Doom Seed Co." (except in the Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSiWare, Android, and iOS version of Plants vs. Zombies), "BLOOM & DOOM" being a name that PopCap brainstormed when they were looking for names for Plants vs. Zombies.

Projectiles

To fight zombies, certain projectiles are fired from plants. For example, peas are fired from peashooting plants, such as Peashooters, Snow Peas and Threepeaters. Spikes are fired from Cattails and Cacti. Spores are shot from Puff-shrooms, Scaredy-shrooms, and Sea-shrooms. Fumes are shot from Fume-shrooms and Gloom-shrooms. Lobbed-shot plants each fire their own specific kind of projectile such cabbage or melons. 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 that they shoot high up, and corn cobs are launched from Cob Cannons.

Note: The table below is about the damage of the projectiles. The numbers are the amount of peas equivalent in damage to the projectile, and a normal Zombie takes ten peas to kill.

Projectile shooter name	Damage per shot	Projectile	Equivalent in peas
Peashooter, Repeater, Threepeater, Split Pea, Gatling Pea	Normal	Pea or fire pea after passing a Torchwood	1 (pea), 0.7 (fire peas' splash damage), 2 (fire pea)
Snow Pea	Normal, slows zombies	Frozen pea or pea after passing a Torchwood	1, halves zombies' speed (frozen pea)
Puff-shroom, Scaredy-shroom, Sea-shroom	Normal	Spore	1
Fume-shroom, Gloom-shroom	Normal, penetrates screen doors, ladders and newspapers	Fumes	1
Cactus, Cattail	Normal, pops balloons	Spike	1, pops balloons
Starfruit	Normal (for each star)	Star	1
Cabbage-pult	Normal	Cabbage	2
Kernel-pult	Light (kernel), normal (butter)	Kernel or butter	1 (kernel), 2 and stun (butter)
Melon-pult	Heavy, area of effect	Melon	4 (target), 1.5 (splash)
Winter Melon	Very heavy, area of effect, slows zombies	Frozen melon	4 (target), 1.5 (splash), all are slowed
Cob Cannon	Massive, area of effect	Corn cob	90 (three-by-three area)

Pea

Frozen pea

Spore/Fume

Fire pea

Spike

Star

Cabbage

Kernel

Butter

Melon

Frozen melon

Corn cob

Type of plants

Plants received when playing Adventure Mode

At the end of each level of the player's first playthrough of 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 sometimes humorous quote of each plant can be read as well as a summary and helpful facts about it.

Plants received at Crazy Dave's Twiddydinkies

Once Crazy Dave's car key is found, Crazy Dave's Twiddydinkies is unlocked and more plants can be purchased with Money. These plants are called upgrade plants. They are the Gatling Pea ($5000), Twin Sunflower ($5000), Gloom-shroom ($7500), Cattail ($10,000), Winter Melon ($10,000), Gold Magnet ($3000), Spikerock ($7500), and Cob Cannon ($20,000). The Imitater ($30,000) 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 taco.

Sun producing plants

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, upgrade plants 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.

Name	Cost	Sun per production
Sunflower	50	25
Sun-shroom	25	15 before growing, then 25 sun after growing (grows after producing five small sun)
Twin Sunflower	150	50 sun per production
Giant Sunflower	50	50 sun per production

Type	Value	Produced by
Big sun	50	Sky in Sunny Day
Normal sun	25	Sky in daytime levels, Sunflower, Sun-shroom after growing, Twin Sunflower, Giant Sunflower
Small sun	15	Sun-shroom before growing

Money producing plants

The Marigold is the only money producing plant, but in the Zen Garden, all plants will drop gold coins when fertilized, happy and also drop diamonds when fully grown. Feeding chocolate to plants in the Zen Garden will produce coins faster. Gold Magnets and Stinky the Snail aid in money production as well.

Morticulturalist Achievement

To unlock the Morticulturalist achievement you must collect all 49 plants, including the upgrade plants and the Imitater in Crazy Dave's Twiddydinkies. 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

Recharge time:

• Fast – 7.5 seconds
• Slow – 30 seconds
• Very slow – 50 seconds

Notes:

• VM stands for Versus Mode.
• HW stands for Heavy Weapon.

Plant	Image	Description	Unlocked	Sun cost	Recharge
Peashooter		Peashooters are your first line of defense. They shoot peas at attacking zombies.	At the beginning	100	Fast
Sunflower+		Sunflowers are essential for you to produce extra sun. Try planting as many as you can!	Beating Level 1-1	50	Fast
Cherry Bomb		Cherry Bombs can blow up all zombies in an area. They have a short fuse so plant them near zombies.	Beating Level 1-2	150	Very slow
Wall-nut+		Wall-nuts have hard shells which you can use to protect your other plants.	Beating Level 1-3	50	Slow
Potato Mine		Potato Mines pack a powerful punch, but they need a while to arm themselves. You should plant them ahead of zombies. They will explode on contact.	Beating Level 1-5	25	Slow
Snow Pea		Snow Peas shoot frozen peas that damage and slow the enemy.	Beating Level 1-6	175 150 (VM) 100 (HW)	Fast
Chomper		Chompers can devour a zombie whole, but they are vulnerable while chewing.	Beating Level 1-7	150	Fast
Repeater		Repeaters fire two peas at a time.	Beating Level 1-8	200 150 (VM)	Fast
Puff-shroom		Puff-shrooms are cheap, but can only fire a short distance.	Beating Level 1-10	0	Fast
Sun-shroom		Sun-shrooms give small sun at first and normal sun later.	Beating Level 2-1	25	Fast
Fume-shroom		Fume-shrooms shoot fumes that can pass through screen doors.	Beating Level 2-2	75	Fast
Grave Buster		Plant Grave Busters on graves to remove the graves.	Beating Level 2-3	75	Fast Very slow (VM)
Hypno-shroom		When eaten, Hypno-shrooms will make a zombie turn around and fight for you.	Beating Level 2-5	75	Slow
Scaredy-shroom		Scaredy-shrooms are long-ranged shooters that hide when enemies get near them.	Beating Level 2-6	25	Fast
Ice-shroom		Ice-shrooms temporarily immobilize all zombies on the screen.	Beating Level 2-7	75	Very slow
Doom-shroom		Doom-shrooms destroy everything in a large area and leave a crater that can't be planted on.	Beating Level 2-8	125	Very slow
Lily Pad		Lily pads let you plant non-aquatic plants on top of them.	Beating Level 2-10	25	Fast
Squash		Squashes will smash the first zombie that gets close to it.	Beating Level 3-1	50 75 (VM)	Slow
Threepeater		Threepeaters shoot peas in three lanes.	Beating Level 3-2	325 200 (VM) 400 (HW)	Fast Very slow (VM)
Tangle Kelp		Tangle Kelp are aquatic plants that pull the first zombie that nears them underwater.	Beating Level 3-3	25	Slow
Jalapeno		Jalapenos destroy an entire lane of zombies.	Beating Level 3-5	125	Very Slow
Spikeweed		Spikeweeds pop tires and hurt any zombies that step on them.	Beating Level 3-6	100	Fast
Torchwood		Torchwoods turn peas that pass through them into fireballs that deal twice as much damage.	Beating Level 3-7	175	Fast
Tall-nut		Tall-nuts are heavy-duty wall plants that can't be vaulted over.	Beating Level 3-8	125	Slow
Sea-shroom		Sea-shrooms are aquatic plants that shoot short ranged spores.	Beating Level 3-10	0	Slow
Plantern		Planterns light up an area, letting you see through fog.	Beating Level 4-1	25	Slow
Cactus		Cactuses shoot spikes that can hit both ground and air targets.	Beating Level 4-2	125 100 (VM)	Fast
Blover		Blovers blow away all balloon zombies and fog.	Beating Level 4-3	100	Fast
Split Pea		Split Peas shoot peas forward and backwards.	Beating Level 4-5	125	Fast Very slow (VM)
Starfruit		Starfruits shoot stars in 5 directions.	Beating Level 4-6	125 175 (VM)	Fast
Pumpkin		Pumpkins protect plants that are within their shells.	Beating Level 4-7	125	Slow
Magnet-shroom		Magnet-shrooms remove helmets and other metal objects from zombies.	Beating Level 4-8	100	Fast
Cabbage-pult		Cabbage-pults hurl cabbages at the enemy.	Beating Level 4-10	100	Fast
Flower Pot		Flower Pots let you plant on the roof.	Beating Level 5-1	25	Fast
Kernel-pult		Kernel-pults fling corn kernels and butter at zombies.	Beating Level 5-2	100	Fast
Coffee Bean		Use Coffee Beans to wake up sleeping mushrooms.	Beating Level 5-3	75 25 (VM)	Fast
Garlic		Garlic diverts zombies into other lanes.	Beating Level 5-5	50 75 (VM)	Fast Very slow (VM)
Umbrella Leaf		Umbrella Leaves protect nearby plants from bungees and catapults.	Beating Level 5-6	100	Fast
Marigold+"		Marigolds give you silver and gold coins.	Beating Level 5-7	50	Slow
Melon-pult"		Melon-pults do heavy damage to groups of zombies.	Beating Level 5-8	300	Fast Very slow (VM)
Gatling Pea*"		Gatling Peas shoot four peas at a time.	Beating Level 3-4; $5000	250 (+200)	Very slow
Twin Sunflower*"		Twin Sunflowers give twice as much sun as a normal sunflower.	Beating Level 3-4; $5000	150 (+50)	Very slow
Gloom-shroom*"		Gloom-shrooms release heavy fumes in an area around themselves.	Beating Level 4-4; $7500	150 (+75)	Very slow
Cattail*"		Cattails can attack any lane and shoot down balloon zombies too.	Beating Level 4-4; $10,000	225 (+25)	Very slow
Winter Melon*"		Winter Melons do heavy damage and slow groups of zombies.	Beating Adventure Mode; $10,000	200 (+300)	Very slow
Gold Magnet*"		Gold Magnets collect coins and diamonds for you.	Beating Level 5-1; $3000	50 (+100)	Very slow
Spikerock*"		Spikerocks pop multiple tires and damage zombies that walk over it.	Beating Level 5-1; $7500	125 (+100)	Very slow
Cob Cannon*"		Click on the Cob Cannon to launch deadly cobs of corn.	Beating Adventure Mode; $20,000	500 (+100x2)	Very slow
Imitater'"		Imitaters let you use two of the same plant during a level!	Beating Adventure Mode; $30,000	As the imitated plant
Explode-o-nut"		Explode-o-nuts explode upon contact with zombies.	Used in Wall-nut Bowling levels	Free	None
Giant Wall-nut†		Giant Wall-nut can crush a row of zombies or have large amounts of health.	Used in Wall-nut Bowling 2 and Big Time	Free 50 (Big Time)	None Slow (Big Time)
Giant Sunflower†		Giant Sunflower produces one big sun that is worth 50 instead of 25 from a regular sunflower.	Used in Big Time	50	Fast
Giant Marigold†		Giant Marigold drops two silver or gold coins at once.	Used in Big Time	50	Slow

* 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 Canceled mini-game Big Time.
† This is the bigger form of a plant in Big Time.
"That plant does not exist in Java Edition.

For more information, see Encyclopedia.

Trivia

All plants (hacking used)

All plants on PopCap's website, besides Imitater, Cabbage-pult, Spikerock, Gatling Pea, and Twin Sunflower.

• Most plants take six bites before being eaten.
• No plants start with letter N, O, Q, V, X, Y, and Z.
• Mushrooms are classified as plants, even though they are actually fungi, which are an entirely different kingdom in the domain Eukaryote.
• In the instant kills' Suburban Almanac pages, they blink.
• Most game commercials and the mini-game Slot Machine show Peashooters with the back of the Repeater (two leaves).
• Different animations are seen when the player plants something in different terrain. If the player plants something on land, or a Flower Pot, they can see soil jumping out of the ground. If they plant something on the water, there will be a splash of water.
• When the player plants 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.
• Upgrade plants say 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 both the Roof and the lawn.
• The most plants the player can have on one square is five: Lily Pad or Flower Pot, a Fume-shroom, a Pumpkin, a Gloom-shroom, and a Coffee Bean. Coincidentally, this is done in many farming strategies.
• In the Zen Garden, aquatic plants do not need water (probably because they already have water in the aqua pot or aquarium).

See also

• Gallery of plants
• Upgrade plants
• Encyclopedia
• Plant transformations

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