Potted Planter

Potted Planter is a zombie that can be found in and in .
Potted Planters are like and , appearing on the 8th column of the board. When a is planted when Potted Planter is on the board, Potted Planter will plant a wilted plant down mirroring that plant.
Different wilted plants appear depending on what the original plant is in, for example, a wilted appears whenever an family plant is planted.
== Origins ==
Potted Planter is based off the common gardener, which is a person that tends and cultivates a garden as a hobby or for a living. His ability to plant wilted plants relates to what he is based on.
Potted Planter's name resembles the card, .
== Appearance ==
He will quickly rush to the 8th column at a Speedy pace before stopping and waiting for the player to plant a plant.
He has a common gardener's hat and a pair of green overalls on, with a light blue shirt on underneath. He is holding a with a sprout on it, showcasing the wilted plant ability.
== Almanac entry ==
== Overview ==
Potted Planter absorbs 750 , the same amount as a . He will degrade upon absorbing 375 dps, in which his arm will fall off, before dying at 750 dps.
== Encounters ==
*: 
*: Pixelated Pineapple's 8-Bit Season, Summer Poboostukawa's Splashtastic Season
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== Types of wilted plants ==
Type of wilted plant	Ability 	Mint Family
 	Wilted Peashooter shoots peas at the plants. 	:
 	Wilted Magnifying Grass steals your sun and uses it to unleash powerful attacks. 	:
 	Wilted Wall-nuts crush any plant next to it and absorbs plant projectiles. 	:
 	Wilted Potato Mines stay underground for a short period of time before exploding, dealing damage to all plants close to it.	:
 	Wilted Lightning Reeds zap plants close to it, ricocheting and hitting other plants as well. 	:
 	Wilted Cabbage-pults lob cabbages at your sun-producing and attacking plants. 	:
 	Wilted Spikeweeds heal the zombies that can step on it, and can only be hit by AOE or lobbed-shot plants. 	:
 	Wilted Sap-flings lob pinecones that slow down plant attacks. 	:
 	Wilted Bonk Choys attack any plant in front of or behind it. 	:
 	Wilted Nightshades fire slappy leaves at zombies and disappear after a while. 	:
 	Wilted Carrots instantly revive a random dead zombie on the board. 	:
 	Wilted Snapdragons breathe fire that deals damage to all plants close to it, especially colder plants like . 	:
 	Wilted Winter Melons lob splash damaging winter melons at your sun-producing plants, but slow down zombies around it. 	:
 	Wilted Puff-shrooms shoot spores at a close range, and can avoid straight-shot projectiles. 	:
== Strategies ==
Potted Planter at the beginning of levels can become a massive problem really quickly if not fast enough with plants like , as it can either halt you from planting plants to add to your defense, or overwhelm your defense with zombified plants. Easily some of the worst zombified plants for you to deal with are the , and the , so try not to plant down , and plants respectively.
During the mid-to-late stages of your level, it isn't as bigger deal to fight this zombie, as you will most likely have all your plants down on the lawn. Just remember that when Potted Planters are defeated, the zombified plants stay on the board so you will most likely have to defeat them as well, but not many of them are tough to defeat. Try to wipe out Potted Planters quickly in Crazy Dave's mold colony levels, as he can trigger a Game Over if you aren't careful.
You can also use stunning plants like 's or against him to stop him from planting zombified plants for a short period of time, but do not use knockback plants, as it will do nothing against Potted Planter and will result in him placing a zombified plant down.
== Gallery ==
File:Potted PlanterHD.png|HD Potted Planter
== Trivia ==
* While you can shovel up your own plants, you cannot shovel up Potted Planter's wilted plants.
* On levels, if there is not a on the tile that Potted Planter plants on, then it will place a on the tile before planting down the plant.
** The Lily Pad appears like it normally does when alive.
* Potted Planter will plant on 's mold colonies if available, and if the wilted plant is still on the mold colony by the end of the level it results in a game over, forcing you to restart.
* is the only Wilted premium plant.
* , , , and were all considered to be one of the 14 different wilted plants there are, but they were all scrapped.
* is the only wilted plant to have a different mint family (being ) than it's original one ().
* Potted Planter was made for the 2020 Zombie Contest, hosted by Punji.
* Thank you to Kyao for providing art for the zombie.
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