Growing Plants

Growing plants are special furniture items that grow and wilt over time, all of which were brought to Club Penguin Island by Rockhopper and sold in Rockhopper's Rare Items. The first, Rare Flower Pot, was sold in April 2008. Unlike the other three, it stayed in its final stage of growth permanently. The other three (Sprouting Spectaculus, Plantus Fanasticus, and Surprisus Maximus) were all sold in May 2009. These three also tied in with the Adventure Party in June 2009, in which Club Penguin was overgrown by similar giant plants.
==Types==
Image	Plant 	 	Growth description
 	Rare Flower Pot 	300	The plant grows pink roses.
 	Sprouting Spectaculous	540	A tree grows. Then leaves grow and later multiple fruits from two colors. Then the fruits disappear and the leaves turn orange, and the plant starts shrinking.
 	Plantus Fantasticus 	280	The plant first grows curved stalks, on which blue and magenta flowers grow later. Then the plant wilts.
 	Surprisus Maximus 	250	Leaves first grow and then two flowers, which later wilt with the leaves.
==Stages==
Between the four plants, there are three different formulas that affect growth. They are as follows:
===Rare Flower Pot===
The Rare Flower has six stages, and each one remained for one week following its release. Unlike the other three plants which grow and wilt in a cycle, it has permanently stayed in its final stage since June 6, 2008.
Image	Growth stage	Active from 	Active until
 	1 	April 25, 2008	May 8, 2008
 	2 	May 9, 2008 	May 15, 2008
 	3 	May 16, 2008 	May 22, 2008
 	4 	May 23, 2008 	May 29, 2008
 	5 	May 30, 2008 	June 5, 2008
 	6 	June 6, 2008 	Present
===Plantus Fantasticus and Surprisus Maximus===
These two plants have ten stages. When released, they were in their first stage for three weeks, and since then, grow by one stage every two weeks until they reach the tenth stage, which they only stay in for one week. After the tenth stage, they revert back to their fourth stage and the cycle repeats.
Growth stage 	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Plantus Fantasticus	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Surprisus Maximus 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
:An orange background marks the current growth stage of the plant [ Update]
===Sprouting Spectaculous===
The Sprouting Spectaculous follows the same formula as the previous two, except it has eleven stages instead of ten. As such, it stays in its eleventh stage for one week instead of its tenth, and the cycle restarts after then. Because of this, the stage it is in is usually different than the above two.
Growth stage 	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Sprouting Spectaculous	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
:An orange background marks the current growth stage of the plant [ Update]
==Trivia==
*The three plants released in May 2009 have names parodying binomial nomenclature, the system for naming species, including plants. "Plantus Fantasticus" is similar to "Fantastic Plant" and "Surprisus Maximus" is similar to "Maximum Surprise". In the case of "Sprouting Spectaculous", sprouting is a real word, and "spectaculous" seems to be a portmanteau of "spectacular" and "marvelous".
*According to Screenhog, the concept of furniture items that changed over time, like these plants, was not pursued further due to players seemingly being indifferent about the feature.My Club Penguin Sketchbook
==Gallery==
CPT135 page 8.png|Aunt Arctic answering a question about the Rare Flower Pot in issue 135 of the Club Penguin Times
CPT 189 buying Rockhopper's plants.png|Penguins buying plants from Rockhopper, seen in issue 189 of the Club Penguin Times
CPT191 page 7.png|Aunt Arctic answering a question about growing plants in issue 191 of the Club Penguin Times
CPT 192 plant overgrowth.png|An igloo overgrown with plants
==References==
==See also==
*Rockhopper Island
Category:Flora