Sunflower (Plants vs. Zombies 2)

For other uses, see Sunflower (disambiguation).

Sunflower
Plants vs. Zombies 2
Sun cost	50
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	Typical
Family	Enlighten-mint
Sun production	50 sun every 32-36 seconds 50 sun every 23.5-25 seconds (in China)
Rarity (China)	Common
Unlocked	Beating Player's House - Day 1
Costumes
After the release of her first major Youtuber video "Zombies On Your Lawn," Sunflower's Youtuber channel has been bursting with fun. She is currently putting the final touches on her reality show TV pitch "Sunflower Thinks She Can Dance."
Plants vs. Zombies Online
向日葵(translation: Sunflower)
Sun cost	50
Recharge	Fast
Unlocked	Available at the beginning

Sunflower is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. She is a Sun-producing plant capable of generating sun over time, allowing the player to plant additional plants with ease.

Similar to the first game, Sunflower is the second plant the player receives, and is unlocked after beating Player's House - Day 1.

Almanac entry

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Sunflower		SUN COST 50 RECHARGE 5 SUN COST: 50 RECHARGE: 5 TOUGHNESS 300 SUN PRODUCTION Normal TOUGHNESS: 300 SUN PRODUCTION: Normal FAMILY Enlighten-mint FAMILY: Enlighten-mint Sunflowers are essential for you to produce extra sun. Try planting as many as you can! Sun Production: normal After the release of her first major Youtuber video "Zombies On Your Lawn," Sunflower's Youtuber channel has been bursting with fun. She is currently putting the final touches on her reality show TV pitch "Sunflower Thinks She Can Dance."

Sunflower

		SUN COST 50			RECHARGE 5

SUN COST: 50
RECHARGE: 5

		TOUGHNESS 300			SUN PRODUCTION Normal

TOUGHNESS: 300
SUN PRODUCTION: Normal

		FAMILY Enlighten-mint

FAMILY: Enlighten-mint

Sunflowers are essential for you to produce extra sun. Try planting as many as you can!

Sun Production: normal

After the release of her first major Youtuber video "Zombies On Your Lawn," Sunflower's Youtuber channel has been bursting with fun. She is currently putting the final touches on her reality show TV pitch "Sunflower Thinks She Can Dance."

Chinese version  (China only)

向日葵，为你生产更多阳光的基础植物。尽可能多地种植吧！ 阳光产量：中等 植物特征：黄色植物、无尽阳光 出道以来，她的第一首主打歌“Zombies On Your Lawn”在社交网络上大红大紫。因此趁热打铁，正在加紧录制“向日葵炫舞秀”的视频，请大家拭目以待！ In English: Sunflower is a primary plant which produces more sun for you. Plant as many of them as possible! Sun production: Medium Plant feature: yellow plant, infinite sun Ever since becoming a star, her first song "Zombies On Your Lawn" has been popular on the social media. That is why she is rushing on filming the music video "Sunflower's Spectacular Show", stay tuned for that!

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

When given Plant Food, Sunflower immediately produces 150 sun. Starting at level 5, she will produce 180 sun, and 225 sun when being at level 10.

Enlighten-mint effect

When boosted by Enlighten-mint, Sunflower's sun production rate will be increased based on her level, and she will produce additional sun based on her level. Starting at level 1, Sunflower produces 75 sun when boosted by Enlighten-mint. Starting at level 5, Sunflower will produce 100 sun when boosted, and at level 10, Sunflower will produce 125 sun when boosted.

When given Plant Food, she will produce 225 sun, 300 sun starting at level 5 and 375 sun at level 10. Her sun production rate is 3.5-5 seconds at level 1, 3.4-5 seconds at level 2, 3.3-5 seconds at level 3, 3.2-5 seconds at level 4, 3.1-5 seconds at level 5, 3-5 seconds at level 6, 2.9-5 seconds at level 7, 2.8-5 seconds at level 8, 2.7-5 seconds at level 9, 2.6-5 seconds at level 10.

Level upgrade

Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Sun Production (Normal)
1	0	0	50	5 seconds	300 dps	50 sun
2	10	1,000	50	4.5 seconds	350 dps	50 sun
3	75	5,000	50	4.5 seconds	400 dps	50 sun
4	200	10,000	50	4 seconds	450 dps	50 sun
5	400	20,000	50	4 seconds	550 dps	60 sun
6	750	30,000	50	3.5 seconds	600 dps	60 sun
7	1,000	40,000	50	3 seconds	650 dps	60 sun
8	1,250	50,000	25	3 seconds	700 dps	60 sun
9	1,500	60,000	25	2.5 seconds	800 dps	60 sun
10	2,000	75,000	25	2.5 seconds	900 dps	75 sun

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Toughness Bonus

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Sun Recycle 回收阳光	When Sunflower is removed, she will recycle 25 sun.
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Sunflower gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Enhanced Recycle 回收强化	When Sunflower is removed, she will recycle 75 sun.
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Sunflower gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Sunflower may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Sunflower gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Explosive Seeds 爆炸瓜子	Sunflower will leave an explosive seed behind once she is eaten, when a zombie approaches this seed, the seed will explode and deal damage relative of 10% of the maximum health of the zombie that approaches it in a 1x1 area.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Sunflower gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Plants vs. Zombies Online (China only) (Archived content)

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Upgrade 1	The first Sunflower only requires 25 sun.
Upgrade 2	After planting every third Sunflower, 25 sun is instantly produced.
Upgrade 3	When Sunflower is removed, she will recycle 25 sun.
Upgrade 4	Sometimes Sunflower may produce a large sun (worth 50 sun).
Upgrade 5	Sunflower can be planted on another Sunflower to form Twin Sunflower.

Costumed (China only)

When costumed and fed with Plant Food, she can produce either one gold coin and 175 sun or two gold coins and 150 sun.

Strategies

Sunflower is a very important sun-producing plant at the very beginning. It is recommended to plant as much as possible to get much sun. However, Sunflower faces great competition for the role of primary sun-production plant: Twin Sunflower has been made significantly easier to use, due to the removal of the plant upgrade system and the general ease of obtaining sun in this game as well as having a slightly cheaper sun price, while Sun-shroom costs less than Sunflower and can grow over time, outstripping Sunflower's production capability. This is shared with Primal Sunflower, as she can create 25 more sun than Sunflower, like Sun-shroom's last stage, at the expense of only 25 more sun. Moonflowers planted next to each other can give up to 100 sun each, despite their longer recharge. Of all the four sun-producing plants, Sunflower also generates the second least amount of sun when fed with Plant Food, the lowest being Moonflower. Because of this, Sunflower is generally considered to be inferior to the other four sun creating plants, especially in the Endless Zones. However, they are still useful for 'low-level' players, and some players may not have Sun-shroom or Twin Sunflower. And it is recommended to level up Sunflower because it is the only sun-producing plant available in some certain levels.

Sunflower also works well with Sweet Potato, Hot Date or Garlic as they can move zombies away from Sunflower, allowing you to place more Sunflowers.

Chinese version (China only)

Sunflower is recommended to upgrade to Level 4 before using because it can instantly produce 150 sun sometimes, and you can remove it after use to get 75 sun, making it a better choice if you only have a low-level Primal Sunflower or Twin Sunflower. It is easy to upgrade to level 4 by doing Plant Adventures.

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Name	Description
English	Sunflower
Simplified Chinese	向日葵
French	Tournesol
German	Sonnenblume
Italian	Girasole
Japanese	サンフラワー
Korean	해바라기
Brazilian Portuguese	Girassol
Russian	Подсолнух
Spanish	Girasol

Trivia

• She is one of the six plants seen fighting the zombies in the Plants vs. Zombies 2 trailer, the other five being Bonk Choy, Bloomerang, Peashooter, Wall-nut, and Pea Pod.
• Even though she is the second plant, she is the first seed packet in the seed selection screen and in the Almanac.
• She, along with Peashooter and Wall-nut are the only plants whose costumes change depending on the season.
  • They are also the only plants who do not have permanent costumes.
• In her Almanac entry, "YouTuber" is a parody of YouTube. In addition to this, the word "tuber" in "Youtuber" means modified plant structures that are enlarged to store nutrients.
  • Her almanac entry also references her music video.
• "Sunflower Thinks She Can Dance" is a reference to a TV show franchise So You Think You Can Dance.
• She is one of the twenty-one plants to be fully recharged at the start of a level, the others being Sun-shroom, Primal Sunflower, Moonflower, Gold Bloom, Electric Currant, Acidic Citrus along with the Power Mints.
• Unlike the first game, she now produces 50 sun instead of 25.
• For unknown reasons, she couldn't be used in the Chinese version of the Dark Ages until the 1.8 update.

See also

• Primal Sunflower
• Sun
• Sun-producing plants