Sun Cost: 100 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Normal | Range: Straight | Plant Food Power: Duration

Peashooters are your first line of defense. They shoot peas at attacking zombies.

"What is it like being famous?" asked the Peashooter while sipping his bottled water, "I can't talk right now, I'm finishing my merchandise deal. Hold my fir coat."

Sun Cost: 50 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Sun Production: Normal

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."

Sun Cost: 50 | Recharge: Sluggish | Toughness: High | Family: Reinforce-mint

Wall-nuts have hard shells which you can use to protect your other plants.

Having retired from his days as a champion bowler in the Pro Leagues, Wall-nut is looking forward to a real challenge on the front lines of home defense. DEFENSE! DEFENSE!

Sun Cost: 25 | Recharge: Sluggish | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Massive | Area: Tile | Plant Food Power: Duplication | Arming Time: Slow | Family: Bombard-mint

Potato Mines explode on contact, but they take time to arm. Plant them ahead of zombies.

Usage: single use, delayed activation
Range: contact

Believe it or not, SPUDOW! did not happen overnight. Having been forced to try out new catchphrases and focus testing as many variations as possible (Tubular? Really?), Potato Mine weeded out the competition to stick with what he knows best.

Sun Cost: 100 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Normal | Range: Lobbed | Plant Food Power: Cabbage Count | Family: Arma-mint

Cabbage-pult hurl cabbages at the enemy.

Cabbage-pult received his doctorate in pulting from Harvest University. He knows a thing or two about launching his way to the top. He also makes a mean soup.

Sun Cost: 175 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Normal | Range: Multi-Hit | Plant Food Power: Duration

Bloomerangs can hit up to three targets in their lane, twice each coming and going!

Special: can hit up to 3 targets, with two hits each

As the first new member to your home defense team, Bloomerang enjoys long walkabouts with his friend, Koala Bear, and listening to his Bob Barley albums out back.

Sun Cost: 0 | Recharge: Sluggish | Special: Chill & Freeze

Iceberg Lettuces freeze a zombie when stepped on.

Usage: single use, on contact
Special: explodes, temporarily freezing a zombie

Don't get lost staring into Iceberg's adorably cute eyes. If you do, it will be your last step... but only if you're a zombie.

Sun Cost: 0 | Recharge: Mediocre | Toughness: Typical | Special: Bust Speed | Family: Contain-mint

Grave Busters consume graves they're planted on.

Usage: single use, must be planted on graves
Special: removes graves

He may appear spiky or ill-tempered, but Grave Buster just wants to give you a big hug. Unless you're a puppy. He's terrified of those.

Sun Cost: 150 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Heavy | Range: Close | Plant Food Power: Duration

Bonk Choys rapidly punch nearby enemies that are ahead or behind them.

Special: can attack ahead or behind

A freelance dentist on the side, he's offering a special this month - he'll knock two of your teeth out for the price of one!

Sun Cost: 200 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Moderate | Range: Straight | Plant Food Power: Duration

Repeaters fire two peas at one time.

Damage Details: normal (for each pea)
Firing Speed: 2x

"Everyone always asks me if we've met before." says Repeater. "Everyone always asks me if we've met before. Wait, did I just say that?"

Sun Cost: 125 | Recharge: Mediocre | Toughness: Typical | Sun Production: Double

Twin Sunflowers give twice as much sun as a normal Sunflower.

Sun Production: double

Twin Sunflower's super-chic line of ultra-expensive sunglasses has been a huge hit wherever she goes. Due to this she has been unable to travel without being swarmed by the Poppyrazzi.

Sun Cost: 100 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Light | Range: Lobbed | Special: Stun | Family: Arma-mint

Kernel-pult flings corn kernels and butter at zombies.

Damage Details: light (kernel), normal (butter)
Special: butter immobilizes zombies

While working as an usher at the local movieplex, he saw "Fried Green Tomatoes" and found his higher calling. He packed up his husks, his kernels, his butter, and enlisted.

Sun Cost: 150 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Moderate | Plant Food Power: Damage | Range: Close

Snapdragons breathe fire that causes damage in 6 adjacent tiles.

Special: damages all zombies in the 6 tiles in front of it

Although the most powerful dragon in the plant kingdom, he still dreams of wings and seeing the world beneath him.

Sun Cost: 100 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Normal | Area: Tile

Spikeweeds destroy one rolling zombie and hurt any zombies that step on them.

Special: can't be eaten by zombies
Weakness: crushed by rolling zombies

Although Spikeweed grew up on the seedy side of town, his acupuncture business has been blooming.

Sun Cost: 50 | Recharge: Sluggish | Toughness: Typical | Recovery Time: Normal | Special: Knockback | Area: Single | Family: Contain-mint

Spring Beans bounce back zombies that get too close. Will bounce them into water if nearby.

Special: pushes zombies back, or into the water
Weakness: gets sleepy after springing

He's the strong, silent type and little is known about Spring Bean. What is known though: his fan club is a million followers strong. And the ladies love him.

Sun Cost: 400 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Massive | Firing Rate: Slow | Area: 3x3 | Family: Arma-mint

Coconut Cannons fire down a single lane, causing a medium explosion upon impact.

Usage: tap to fire
Range: straight
Special: on impact, explodes in medium area

Sure, he's a hairy old man, but Coconut Cannon can still fire on all cylinders. The reason he's so hairy: he's in-between waxings.

Sun Cost: 300 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Normal | Range: Multi-Lane | Plant Food Power: Duration

Threepeater shoots peas in three lanes.

Damage Details: normal (for each pea)
Range Details: three lanes

Threepeater loves playing multiplayer in video games, but split-screen never works because the left head always cheats.

Sun Cost: 250 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Normal | Area: Tile

Spikerocks destroy multiple rolling zombies and damage zombies that walk over it.

Special: can't be eaten by zombies
Weakness: can take three hits from rolling zombies

Being the most metal plant, Spikerock has decided to hold his ultimate metal plant concert at Madison Rock Garden. Tickets have been sold out for many harvests.

Sun Cost: 150 | Recharge: Slow | Damage: Massive | Area: 3x3 | Family: Bombard-mint

Cherry Bombs can blow up all zombies in an area. They have a short fuse so plant them near zombies.

Usage: single use, instant

The Cherry Bomb Brothers attempted to start their own band. "We tried to figure out what the sound would be, but we kept explodonating speakers, stages, fans, and of course, zombies. Look for our LP next year."

Sun Cost: 125 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Moderate | Range: Front & Back | Plant Food Power: Duration

Split Peas shoot peas forward and backwards.

Firing speed: 1x forward, 2x backwards

"It's my turn with the eyebrows," said Frontie. "Fine, we'll split them," said Backie. Sprouted two minutes apart, their eyebrow war is eternal.

Sun Cost: 50 | Recharge: Sluggish | Toughness: Typical | Special: Stun | Range: Touch | Plant Food Power: Duplication

Chili Beans deliver a crippling bout of gastrointestinal distress.

Usage: on eaten
Special: eating zombie is destroyed and releases stunning gas

He's not blushing, he's trying to hold it in.

Sun Cost: 125 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Normal | Range: Straight | Plant Food Power: Duration

Pea Pods can be planted in the same space for up to 5 times the destruction.

Special: increases rate of fire with multiple plantings

Having studied Quantum Spatial Mechanics in Clown College, the peapod has been amusing families of all ages.

Sun Cost: 125 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Normal | Range: Multi-Hit | Special: Zombies Zapped | Family: Fila-mint

Lightning Reeds shoot lightning at nearest zombie up to one lane away. The bolt will then arc and hit other zombies.

Range: can even hit targets one lane above or below
Special: chain attacks to multiple targets

This may come as a shock, but Lightning Reed has a serious passion for ham radio. His call sign is El3ctric H1ccup. You can tune in every Tuesday to hear him read the classics to elderly plants. This week: Seeds and Sensibility.

Sun Cost: 325 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Heavy | Range: Lobbed | Area: 3x3 | Family: Arma-mint

Melon-pults do heavy damage to groups of zombies.

Firing Speed: 1/2x
Range: lobbed

"Everyone says my head looks like a melon," said the middle child of the Pult family, "And they would be right." Don't ask him if he's seedless or not though, it offends him and frankly it's none of your business.

Sun Cost: 125 | Recharge: Sluggish | Toughness: Very High | Plant Food Power: Armor | Family: Reinforce-mint

Tall-nuts are heavy-duty wall plants that block low flying zombies.

Special: blocks launched imps

Tall-nut is opening a chain of stores for Tall and Taller gentlemen. "I'll shell out the savings to you!"

Sun Cost: 500 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Heavy | Range: Lobbed | Area: 3x3 | Plant Food Power: Damage | Special: Chill

Winter Melons do heavy damage and slow groups of zombies.

Firing Speed: 1/2x
Range: lobbed
Special: damaged enemies are also chilled

You may recognize Winter Melon's voice from such incredible documentaries as "It's Cold Up Here," "Ice Bingo," and "Surfin' Swedes."

Sun Cost: 0 | Recharge: Mediocre | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Light | Area: Single

Hot Potatoes melt the ice blocks they're planted on.

Usage: single use
Special: melts an ice block

How does Hot Potato stay so positive and even-peeled all the time? Yoga, that's how. She never misses a class. Also, regular meditation. It's the only way she can handle the hard work of fighting zombies, day in and day out, without melting down.

Sun Cost: 200 | Recharge: Sluggish | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Moderate | Range: Lobbed | Special: Warming Radius

Pepper-pults lob flaming peppers at zombies and keeps nearby plants warm.

Special: warms nearby tiles

Some say Pepper-pult is a hot head. Some find his fiery disposition off-putting. But the truth is, he's just very focused and determined. He loves what he does. He appreciates everything he has. "I came from the weedy side of the lawn," Pepper-pult explains. "I worked hard to pull myself up by my roots. I'm a self-made pepper and I don't take a single thing for granted.

Sun Cost: 75 | Recharge: Mediocre | Toughness: Elevated | Plant Food Power: Damage | Special: Leaf Pushes | Family: Reinforce-mint

Chard Guards are defensive blockers that can hurl zombies backwards.

Special: hurls zombies back (x3)

You might remember Chard Guard from his days in the WWF (that's World Wrestling Foliage). When he was in the ring - boy-oh-boy - he was something to behold! His moves! His style! His attitude! The crowd loved him. He was quite the star for a while there. Sure, those days are behind him. But if you watch carefully, when Chard Guard is fighting zombies, you'll see him use the wrestling move he made famous. The ol' Knock 'Em Dead maneuver - it gets 'em every time.

Sun Cost: 25 | Recharge: Sluggish | Toughness: Typical | Range: Close | Family: Contain-mint

Stunions breathe a stunning cloud of gas on nearby zombies in the lane.

Usage: single use, activates when zombie is close
Special: stuns nearby zombies

Oh sure, everyone knows Stunion as the battle-hardened warrior with the potent breath. But he's so much more than that. He's an accomplished pianist. He speaks five languages fluently. Heck, he's the leader of a Cub Shallots group in his spare time. Dude's got layers. Go on, peel 'em back. You'll see.

Sun Cost: 150 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Normal | Range: 4 Way | Plant Food Power: Duration

Rotobagas shoot projectiles along the four diagonals, in each direction that has a target.

Range Details: fires in four directions

Sometimes Rotobaga hears the plants gossiping about each other. "Did you notice so-and-so has been putting on weight?" they might say. Or "I hear that so-and-so is dating so-and-so. Can you believe it?" But Rotobaga isn't the kind of plant to engage in idle gossip. She's not interested in talking about anyone behind their leaves. She does her best to just rise above it.

Sun Cost: 150 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Elevated | Damage: Moderate | Range: Straight

Red Stingers fire shots at full force when close to home, and become more defensive further from it.

Flexibility is of key importance to Red Stinger. "I do stretching exercises every morning," he says. "It's important to stay physically and mentally nimble."

Sun Cost: 175 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness | Typical | Damage: Normal | Special: Shot Bounces | Range: Lobbed | Family: Arma-mint

A.K.E.E.s lob projectiles that bounce from zombie to zombie.

Autonomous Katapulting Ejectomatic Emitter is actively looking for a different acronym for A.K.E.E., because let's face it, "Katapulting" is just not working.

Sun Cost: 100 | Recharge: Mediocre | Toughness: Elevated | Damage: Normal | Range: Touch | Family: Reinforce-mint

Endurians are defensive plants that deal damage to zombies attacking it.

"When other plants talk about me, they say I'm too gruff. They say I'm difficult to approach, that I'm afraid to let others get too close to me. Also, I smell terrible," said Endurian. But deep down inside, he knows that he's so much more than that. He's also short-tempered.

Sun Cost: 0 | Recharge: Sluggish | Range: Touch | Area: 3x3 | Special: Stall | Family: Contain-mint

Stallias slow down zombies with a puff of perfume.

Usage: single use, activates when zombie is close
Special: slows nearby zombies

"Life moves too quickly in our modern world," says Stallia. "Folks need to slow down and smell some spores."

Sun Cost: 50 | Recharge: Slow

Gold Leaves create a Gold Tile on planting.

"For a small initial investment, you too can generate huge sun," says Gold Leaf. She's a firm believer in solar markets.

Sun Cost: 200 | Damage: Moderate | Range: Multi-Hit | Recharge: Fast

Laser Beans fire down a lane, hitting all zombies ahead of it.

Range: All zombies in a lane

After a laser eye surgery had gone horribly right, Laser Bean gained a sense of purpose and a new-found affinity for competitive staring contests.

Sun Cost: 50 | Area: Full Board | Recharge: Sluggish

Blovers blow away all zombies in the air.

Usage: single use, instant
Special: blows away all flying zombies

The luckiest stunt clover around, Blover is the most recent recipient of the Stunty Award. You can see his work in "Bulb Fiction," "Rooty," and "Finding Flower." He also teaches stunt class on Tuesdays at the community center.

Sun Cost: 350 | Damage: Huge | Area: Single | Recharge: Fast

Citrons shoot powerful balls of plasma.

As the owner and primary user of "Vitamin C-U-Later" 20-hour energy shots, Citron is always on and always ready for action. "Let's make this happen!!"

Sun Cost: 25 | Area: 5x5 | Recharge: Sluggish

E.M.Peaches explode and disable all machines in an area.

Usage: single use, instant
Special: disables machines

E.M.Peach has grown tired of people lazily calling him E.M.Pea. "There's a C and H there for a reason people! And I've got the stone to prove it!"

Sun Cost: 75 | Toughness: Elevated | Recharge: Mediocre

Infi-nuts are weaker than Wall-nuts, but they can regain health over time.

Special: regenerates health over time

As a young nut, he spent way too much time standing between two mirrors and trying to look into infinity.

Sun Cost: 50 | Damage: Huge | Range: Straight | Recharge: Fast

Magnifying Grass turns sun into a bolt of colorful damage.

Special: tap to spend sun for an attack

Magnifying Grass understands the inherent power of a rainbow. Beneath her stoic features she takes great joy in delivering radiant multicolored destruction to the zombie horde.

Sun Cost: 0 | Recharge: Mediocre

Tile Turnips create a Power Tile on planting.

Usage: single use, instant

DJ Tile Turnip changed dance floors with his underground hit "Turnip the Beet." What's his latest mix? When he lays it down, you'll feel the power.

Sun Cost: 25 | Toughness: Typical | Recharge: Fast

Sun-shrooms give small sun at first, then normal suns, and finally large suns.

Sun Production: low, then normal, then large

Oh sure, Sun-shroom is known for his ever-present grin and sunny disposition. But truth be told, even he has his dark days. It ain't easy keeping things light when you live in the shadows.

Sun Cost: 0 | Damage: Normal | Range: 3 Tiles | Recharge: Fast

Puff-shrooms are short-range shooters that last for a limited time.

Special: lives for a limited time

Puff-shroom is hip to all the latest social networks. He loves to surf Sporebook, FungusedIn and ShroomstaGram. But he sometimes misses the simple camaraderie of a good ol' fashioned Lawn Area Network party.

Sun Cost: 125 | Damage: Normal | Area: 1x4 | Recharge: Fast

Fume-shrooms shoot fumes that damage all zombies in an area.

"I think of myself as a pretty confident shroom and an all-around fungi," says Fume-shroom. "But sometimes, when I'm eating Plant Food, I hear them chuckling. I hear them calling me 'Balloon-shroom'. I don't think they know how much that hurts."

Sun Cost: 50 | Recharge: Sluggish | Sun Production : Variable

Sun Beans infect zombies with sun. As a zombie take damage they generate sun.

As the eldest of the bean brothers, Sun Bean often finds his siblings exasperating. Chili Bean is a little crude, Laser Bean is too far out, and Spring Bean is just plain lazy. Still, he loves them just the same. That's how it is with family.

Sun Cost: 100 | Recharge: Mediocre

Magnet-shrooms remove helmets and other metal objects from zombies.

Special: removes metal objects from zombies

Despite his unusual appearance, Magnet-shroom doesn't have a problem attracting girlfriends. But he does have a problem keeping them. It's the same thing every time. In the end, they always find him too clingy.

Sun Cost: 150 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Moderate | Range: 3x3

Phat Beet thumps out damage every few seconds.

Phat Beet has been known to drop sick rhymes, dope grooves, and highly satisfactory jams, often within seconds of each other.

Sun Cost: 50 | Rec.: Mediocre | Toughness: Elevated | DMG: Huge | Range: Close | PF Power: Duplication

Celery Stalker pops up and bashes zombies from behind.

Special: waits until zombies pass over it, then pops up and attacks

Celery Stalker resents the implication that there's anything unsavory about his attack style. He simply believes that discretion is the better part of vegetation.

Sun Cost: 75 | Area: Full Board | Recharge: Very Slow

Thyme Warp rewinds time, sending zombies back to where they started.

Usage: single use, instant
Special: rewound zombies have restored health

"Possibilities other to open be to need we." Warp Thyme says, "Limited too far was time to approach unidirectional the that felt always I've."

Sun Cost: 50 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Elevated | Area: Single | Range: Touch

Garlic diverts zombies into other lanes.

Good against zombies, as well as proof against any vampires who might accidentally wander by.

Sun Cost: 150 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Moderate | Range: Lobbed | PF Power: Damage

Spore-shroom fires spores that create new Spore-shrooms out of defeated zombies.

"My favorite arithmetic operation?" wonders Spore-shroom. "I guess I'd have to say, um, addition. Hang on, no... multiplication."

Sun Cost: 100 | Recharge: Sluggish | Special: Restore Life

Intensive Carrot brings eaten plants back to life.

Usage: single use, instant

"How do I revive eaten plants?" asks Intensive Carrot. "In a word: vitamins. Vitamins and sorcery."

Sun Cost: 175 | Recharge: Fast | Range: Straight | Recharge: Fast

Primal Peashooters shoot heavy stunning peas at zombies.

Special: primal peas occasionally knock zombies back

Primal Peashooter may be primitive, but that doesn't stop him from enrolling and excelling in several software development correspondence courses.

Sun Cost: 75 | Toughness: High | Recharge: Fast

Primal Wall-nuts cost a bit more than typical Wall-nuts, but they can be planted much more quickly.

"Grunt," explains Primal Wall-nut. "Grunt oog grunt-grunt," he goes on to say. "Ook-urg grunty grunt grunt," he concludes. A nut of many opinions, is Primal Wall-nut.

Sun Cost: 150 | Area: Lane | Recharge: Sluggish

Perfume-shrooms enchant dinosaurs and charm them into working against the zombies.

Usage: affects all dinosaurs in a lane

Perfume-shrooms emit a pure, concentrated mist of aerosolized love.

Sun Cost: 75 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Sun Production: Large

Primal Sunflowers pop out large suns instead of regular ones.

Sun Production: large suns

Primal Sunflower is new to all this sun-giving business, so be patient with her. She's an early adopter of the all-you-can-stuff-yourself buffet style of sun production.

Sun Cost: 50 | Damage: Massive | Area: Moderate | Recharge: Sluggish

Primal Potato Mines cost more than regular Potato Mines, but they arm more quickly and do damage over a larger area.

Usage: single use, delayed activation
Range: affects area around it

Primal Potato Mine doesn't consider himself to be primal. As far as he's concerned he's state-of-the-art. And who knows? Maybe he is.

Sun Cost: 25 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical

Lily Pads let you plant non-aquatic plants on top of them.

Usage: can also be planted under non-aquatic plants

Not many people know this, but Lily Pad absolutely loves square dancing. There he is, a circular plant gliding across the dance floor making squares. He loves how it pushes his boundaries and really makes him think outside the sphere.

S. Cost: 25 | Rec.: Sluggish | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Huge | Range: Touch | Special: Zombies Dragged

Tangle Kelp are aquatic plants that pull the first zombie that nears them underwater.

Tangle Kelp likes to go deep. He majored in philosophy. Grab a root beer with him, and he'll go on and on about Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zucchini" or hold forth on Kant's "Critique of Petunia Reason." It's cool and all, but sometimes you just want to keep the conversation light. Sometimes you just want to talk about the temperature of the water.

S. Cost: 200 | Rec.: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Heavy | Range: Multi-Hit | Special: Bulb Recharge

Bowling Bulbs rolls shots that can bounce into multiple zombies.

Damage Details: larger bulbs do more damage

Guess which team has won the League Championship for five years running now? Team Bowling Bulb, that's who. They are on a ROLL. You and your pals think you got what it takes to stop 'em? Yeah sure. Keep dreamin, bub.

Sun Cost: 125 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Heavy | Range: Straight | PF Power: Damage

Guacodiles fire seeds from a distance. When attacked they will rush off the lawn biting any zombies they encounter.

Usage: plant is lost after rushing attack
Special: can be planted on water

Ask Guacodile to tell you a little bit about himself and he'll give you a wry smile. "I'm a Guacodile. I've got a bite like a bear trap. I spit rock-hard pits with a force, speed and accuracy envied by every plant on the battlefield. Heck, I've been known to walk on water. I'm pretty much the whole enchilada." Yeah, the guy is a bit of a braggart but he's good at what he does.

Sun Cost: 500 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Massive | Area: Tile | Firing Rate: Slow

Banana Launchers can fire explosive bananas at any tile on the lawn.

Usage: tap to arm, tap on target tile to fire
Range: anywhere on lawn
Special: on impact, explodes in small area

It's important to avoid stereotyping as much as possible. Stereotypes are often flat-out wrong. And also hurtful. But honestly ... Banana Launcher is TOTALLY bananas.

Sun Cost: 50 | Recharge: Mediocre | Toughness: Typical | Sun Production: Variable

Moonflowers radiate a glow that powers up adjacent Shadow plants.

Special: emits 25 sun and more 25 sun for each adjacent shadow plant up to four

Moonflower is a fierce collaborator. She'll collaborate with anything. She'd collaborate with a table if she could.

Sun Cost: 75 | Recharge: Fast | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Heavy | Range: Straight

Nightshades are shadow plants that smack zombies with slappy leaves.

Special: hurls and regrows leaves when powered

For Nightshade, smacking is a duty and a privilege. He comes from a long line of ardent smackers, and his family counts three kings, four ambassadors and a president as among those proudly slapped around.

Sun Cost: 50 | Recharge: Mediocre | Special: Poison | Range: Touch

Shadow-shrooms poison zombies who eat them, inflicting damage over time.

Special: powered Shadow-shrooms make poisoned zombies poison other zombies

Despite being such a poisonous and profoundly inedible fungus, Shadow-shroom is nonetheless a total cutie-pie.

Sun Cost: 150 | Recharge: Mediocre | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Moderate | Range: Lobbed | Area: 3x3

Dusk Lobbers are shadow plants that lob explosive buds down the lane.

Special: powered Dusk Lobbers lob buds down 3 lanes

Lobbing comes easily for Dusk Lobber, but that's only because she's had extensive training and really enjoys parabolas.

Sun Cost: 75 | Recharge: Sluggish | Toughness: Typical | Damage: Heavy | Area: Lane

Grimroses are shadow plants that behave like landbound Tangle Kelps, dragging zombies into the dirt.

Special: powered Grimroses can drag 3 zombies before expiring.

"When you think about it, the proper place for a zombie is in the ground," says Grimrose. "So, really, I'm just expediting the process."