How to obtain a specific plant for the Zen Garden?

Question

In Plants vs Zombies, are there strategies that make it more probable to have certain plants (for your Zen Garden)?

How does the game decide which plant is given?

Answer 1

I'll assume you are talking about plants that you find for your zen garden (the only other option is the plants unlocked while playing the game's adventure mode, and those have a set order which never changes).

There is no way to increase the probability of receiving a certain kind of plant for your zen garden. The type of plant received is completely random.

Looking around the internet, it is said that while there is an equal chance to get all types of plants on Survival: Endless, other minigames have a higher tendency to produce plants you first unlock in the area where the minigame is played (night levels will produce more night-time plants, for example). This is not backed up by any hard evidence, however, and I can't really say I've noticed this during the countless hours my wife strived to acquire every possible plant for her garden.

Answer 2

I believe the game hints mention that certain types of plants only appear in certain types of boards or levels.

For aquatic plants, you need to be playing an aquatic level.

For plants for your fungus garden, you need to be playing a night level.

Answer 3

I once read that:

• Aquatic levels (pool) increase your chances to get aquatic plants.
• Night levels (night) increase your chances to get mushroom plants.

But the best way to get Zen Garden plants is to play Survival: Endless, as all plants can be obtained in it and it is the level with the greatest number of zombies.

Answer 4

as said before water plants are in pool levels and shrooms are in night levels.you get normal plants on your lawn.in i zombie levels(in the puzzle option) when you eat the brains it might give you a plant but it gives all kinds of plants also replay whack a zombie and bust up as many graves you can and at the end other than collecting the money bag destroy all graves,its also a good way to money too :)