Plants vs. Zombies / Plants

Plants vs. Zombies plant roster, costs and practical roles

Plants vs. Zombies reference: Sunflower, Peashooter, Wall-nut and the rest of this plants directory.

Edition covered

Original Plants vs. Zombies as sold in Game of the Year Edition. Covers Adventure and the original side modes; PvZ 2, Garden Warfare and Replanted additions are excluded.

8 characters · one picture per entry · open a picture for full size.

Plants

Sun producer

Sunflower

Costs 50 sun and supplies recurring sun.

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Basic ranged plant

Peashooter

Costs 100 sun and attacks down its lane.

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Defensive plant

Wall-nut

Costs 50 sun and delays chewing zombies.

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Delayed explosive

Potato Mine

Costs 25 sun and needs time to arm.

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Emergency explosive

Cherry Bomb

Costs 150 sun for an immediate area blast after planting.

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Pool support

Lily Pad

Costs 25 sun and supports ordinary plants in water.

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Lobbed attacker

Cabbage-pult

Costs 100 sun and works well with roof geometry.

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Short-range mushroom

Puff-shroom

Costs no sun and sleeps during daytime without awakening support.

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Quick notes

Build a complete loadout. Choose income, sustained damage, protection and a recovery tool before filling the remaining slots.
Compare support cost with damage. Lily Pads and Flower Pots enable planting but do not replace attacking plants.
Use mushrooms in the right conditions. Many mushrooms are efficient at night but sleep during daytime.
Read the Almanac for exceptions. The plant directory is a starting reference, not an exact answer to every challenge mode.

Compare support cost with damage

Loadout roles
Role	Examples	Reason to include
Income	Sunflower or Sun-shroom	Pays for the rest of the defense
Lane damage	Peashooter or Cabbage-pult	Removes regular waves
Delay	Wall-nut or Tall-nut	Keeps enemies under fire
Emergency removal	Cherry Bomb, Jalapeno or Squash	Recovers a failing lane
Environment support	Lily Pad, Flower Pot or fog tools	Makes the board usable

References

Guide references
Reference	Website
Publisher game and edition listing	store.steampowered.com
PopCap original PC readme	akamai.cdn.ea.com