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2024 Big Update on The Vegetation

🕑 Added 2024-04-05 13:43:26 +0000 UTC

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mollie

cool

Dustin AB

Everything is magnificent 😍😍😭 I am in love with plants 🙈

Martin

will the plants require upkeep, or are they static decorative objects? also is the sakura in a permanent state of bloom?

Ella Pilchik

could you make a pretty magnolia tree pretty please? i have 2 big ones in front of my house and would love to recreate it

Michelle Koleva

So beautiful!❤️❤️❤️

Amy Joscelyn

Any plans to add lilac bushes to the game? They're my favorite :)

Amy Joscelyn

My thought too, to be able to change the plant color. Especially for blooms like roses, tulips, and hyacinths that come in a range of colors.

Maxx

It most commonly refers to the Japanese cherry specifically

Rebekah Vandenhole

I’d love to see rhododendron, magnolia, and maybe dogwood! Also more tropical plants 🌺 hibiscus, banana, coconut, pineapple, mango, etc ^^;

Grayson Snow

I’d love to see irises, snowdrops and sweet peas!

TnT_Terry

Awesim job guys! I would love to see some Japanese iris, peony bushes and weeping birch trees ( we have lots of those birch here in Norway).

Nathalie Carluccio

I love it, they are beautiful ❤️❤️

Sam Grant

is it/will it be possible to pick the flowers and possibly make arrangements and put them in vases?

jrrt1459

Yep! Sakura is the Japanese word for cherry blossom.

Takaya

Will it be possible to change the colour of plants to any colour, like other elements in the game? I would like to create a garden in Paralives with black roses and tulips.

Rigby Woods

I enjoy the lineup we have so far! Like other people are saying it would be great to have some kind of fern as ferns are peak! I have a few other suggestions too like at least one kind of green flower, I feel those are pretty underrated. Milkweed are wonderful plants that are pretty interesting, not to mention have lovely smelling pretty flowers. Some sort of sticky plant like a cocklebur would be I feel an important addition for more unkempt yards. "Weeds" in general I feel need appreciation.

Annabel Helmers

When i saw the beautiful bushes i thought of some bushes in our graden, where the little birds are sitting in

Akasha O'Connell

Daffodils

ManatoZ

I don't know if it's possible, but something I would absolutely adore is if plant shape and leaf position was randomized, as in never having the same plant twice, even if they're the same kind. That and tall grass.

chantal99

Love all of them 💕 Great work! Additionally, I would love a possibility to chose between various pots for the house plants ^^

Derek Warren

Is a sakura the same thing as a flowering cherry tree?

Kieran

some indoor and outdoor ferns are very important to me! I would also love an indoor fiddle leaf fig and more plants from the ficus family. a swiss cheese monstera and philodendron pink princess would also be lovely. I could keep going but I'll stop there 😅

Ilan Raviv

Everything is soooo beautiful! Are the flowers can be picked and be put in a vase or given as gifts?

Eleanor Swan

Maybe add some sycamores?

ZLoves

I was thinking about how cool that would be also!

Sehrys

i'd love more lavender options, because that's my favourite, and lilac bushes too

Fran Smith

Australian Black Boys are also pretty unique looking and would add some jazz to any more deserty look. :-) In Australia they are often added to minimalist gardens to add sophistication.

Fran Smith

Maybe in the future, house plants can need occasional watering. Not every day or even every week, but occasional, just to add a little realism, but not end up a chore. :-)

Fran Smith

These look absolutely awesome! And such wonderful variety too! The only thing I see missing are ferns. My mother had lots of potted ferns growing when I grew up. Maidenhair Ferns, Lady Fern, Ostrich Fern, Autumn Fern for a lovely orangy colour, Staghorn Ferns for hanging pots, Australian Fern Tree for the garden. And many more. I'd love to see some ferns! :-)

Maxime Béland

Vous faites vraiment une belle job de tout unifier au niveau du style, j'ai hâte de jouer avec ce monde. 🌞

Leaf

It's exciting that we'll be able to edit/add new things outside of lots!

Und3rgr0und -

Are you guys considering added ''dispersed'' flowers? Like small and spaced out to look like they're just growing there naturally (think dandelions, buttercups or clover flowers). I really like doing ''overgrown'' lots and I feel like this is usually missing!

SnowOwlBear3791

This game is really coming together 😃 well done team!

200Hertz

Great plant variety, looking forward to a quaint cottage garden and burning paras alive next to my aloe vera patch. While not necessary, because a universally recognisable plant selection is definitely enough to play with, it would be cool to see a couple of Australian plants in the future. Gums, melaleuca (tea trees), banksia or wattle; Grevillea, bottle brush, christmas bush or kangaroo paw. Some lesser known but cool stuff might be Lilly pilly, which is a popular pink and green hedge. Or Bunya pine, which like coconuts are a falling hazard, with their head-sized pine cones. I'm super happy with what you guys have right now, looking forward to using them in builds in the future :)

Beau R

Omg all of these look incredible! I think adding some low lying shrubs or ground coverage would also be amazing to fill in some larger gardens too! Something like ground ivy, seaside daisies, lambs meadow, creeping thyme etc. a nice variety of bright flowers and basic greenery for those Paras that might not have such a green thumb

Patoide_876

I love them!

Shota Tsunamura

They all look good I’ll just keep leafing it up to yu guys then

Giammarco Victor Venturi

I like the mediterranean pine so much.

Alani Mason-Callaway

Awesome so far! Maybe some cacti would be a cool addition :)

Vari_Ares

Magnifique !!! Encoreee !!! <3

PinkRosie

I'd like a camphor tree and Sakura is my favorite tree!

Gill Reid

So happy you've included Willow's. My favourite tree, and tulips, my favourite flower. You are all doing an amazing job, thank you x

Teal-pythono

These are all so pretty! I love how your team can put all these different plants into the game, it's really cool. One plant I find interesting that you could add is the Strelitzia, it's really wild-looking and spiky. Thanks for cool plants guys :)

Nomi

I think Magnolias would fit in nicely. Berry bushes are something I personally want to see

Andreea Iuliana

Would be fun to be able to pick the flowers and have them around the house <3

Karina

Absolutely love the variety and the species! As someone who has done a lot of studying of trees specifically this makes me happy C: Happy to see ginkgo here given how popular of a street tree it has become. I will say that typically they are only yellow in autumn (of course seasons will come later). Also just a fun fact: female ginkgos are a bit notorious for having smelly fruit so do with this information as you may

Christophe Zajac

These look amazing. I’d love some dead plants and trees too for more versatility in the builds. Like imagine a run down front yard filled with junk and dead trees and plants that leads to a run down house where lives a social PARiAh. See what I did there 👀 If some of those trees are deciduous for winter, maybe we could have the option to use those. Just a thought. This is already really amazing and I cannot wait!

Kaitlyn Jackson

They just look absolutely gorgeous!! I am SO excited to build in this game!!

Alduh Gaydarof

I would love to see Passiflora Caerulea at Paralives!💕 Is my favourite flower🌸

Slippers

These look lovely :) I'm just wondering if we can adjust the color of the flowers. For example, if we want white, pink, or yellow roses, can we make that from the default rose bush?

BonaparteBardithion .

What I'd like to see a little of is spiker plants outside the arid ones. Thorny blackberry/raspberry canes and holly trees. Oregon Grape bushes, which are frequently used for erosion control here, also have similar leaves to holly and they produce clusters of yellow flowers in the spring.

Starrifyx

This makes me want to be a florist in the game 😍 Such a pretty selection of flowers! Would love to see lavender too~ ^^

Rosirose

I adore the huge trees, they’re gorgeous!!

Cece

The hanging planters are soo cute!! Also duck planter? Good job team!

Michael Green

they look beautiful! Can we get some tiger lillies too?

Jennifer

You'll be happy to know Alex's response to one of my comments above. :) "Yes! You will be able to change the swatch or create new swatches for most of the vegetation items"

Sarah

Ohh! All of them are beautiful! I love the Zinnia elegans. They come in so many pretty colors.... And forget-me-nots!

starrytrey

these are sooo cool! I'd love to see some Spanish moss as I see them all the time here in Florida:)

Madragal

Oh my gosh, I love them all!!

Leaf

I really love all of the plants shown today! They all look absolutely lovely! My suggestion for plants to add would be forget-me-not flowers and redwood/giant sequoia trees. I'm not sure how likely redwood trees would be, since they are very localized (I think only Oregan and California have them) and very tall, however I think they're very stunning!

Pernille Hjerpseth

Looks absolutely amazing! Im a huge plant enthusiast so ill be throwing these all over my builds! Haha id love to see some peonies too and some more climbing plants would be awesome, maybe clematis, sweet peas, things like that. Generally having plants i can have "climbing" my houses walls so i can make overgrown builds, that would be incredible! I have no idea if it woulf even be possible but if there were plants that could be placed on roofs as well to crawl up the roof ahhh id be in love!

Kittle

Obviously the vegetation is awesome, already! Just beautiful and so promising! Peach trees, blueberry bushes, indoor herb planters... I absolutely adore the thought of growing my own food, but I have next to no actual gardening skill, so that's one of my fav things to do in game!

tey711

It will be a beautiful Paralives world!! ❤️ I don't believe I saw them in the grouping, but two of my favorite houseplants are the Ficus Tree and False Aralia. And, as far as outdoors I love Wisteria, especially vining on walls. Your work is always so lovely, Léa, and I look forward to more!! Oh, I almost forget... African Violets for houseplants! 😁

Alex Massé

Thank you! Yes, we do plan to create more plants but we are almost done for those that we wanted for release. More will surely come after that though!

Alex Massé

Thanks for the feedback! We do plan to tweak the colors of all the items of the build mode including the vegetation

Alex Massé

Hehehe! Yes, flowers are recolorable!

Alex Massé

It's not planned for now but maybe in the future!

Alex Massé

Thank you!! You will be able to edit items on every lot if you want and there will also be a cheat to edit items that are outside of lots and place new ones there as well

Sabine Groenen

Amazing plants! I really love them. Will you be making more plants? If so, I would love to put Wisteria in my future parra's gardens😁

Alex Massé

Yes, you will be able to change the scale of these items and recolor them as well!

Court12413

I love all the different variety however I think some of the colors are too bright and flat to look realistic. Like the sakura, japanese maple, hedges and some of the pink and red flowers. I think the plants can be pretty and colorful without looking like a neon highlighter

Alex Massé

Thank you Christina! We do plan to add the ability to grow vegetables but it will probably be after the initial release of the game in Early Access

ladyteruki

The Paras can have watering cans, as a treat XD

ladyteruki

I suck at landscaping, so I better improve to take advantage of all the options we have. Especially since I imagine the flowers will be recolorable (the bushes in the building showcase were, so I don't feel like my assumption is too bold). I will have ZERO excuse to build houses on boring empty lots XD

Alex Massé

Thank you Maxx! Yes, most of the plants will have different color swatches and you will be able to create your own too. However, it's true that some trees that change color in the fall won't be recolorable because they will automatically change color when the season changes

Adrian Silagan

all I ask is that we can water the houseplants for fun

Zedef

The foliage for this game looks so beautiful and 'realistic' (thickness, size, colors etc.), really great work. Lovely to see all the variety. Personally, I'd also love a magnolia tree. Remind me, can we alter the height of trees and plant trees/shrubs/flowers all throughout the neighborhood or are we limited to the lots and the rest comes with the world?

TrePixels

This all looks amazing what blows my mind is how natural and the foliage looks. I can’t wait to play.

Zedef

Will fall/autumn include leafs falling from the trees and collecting in the yard/streets?

Alex Massé

Thank you! We are planning on having different styles of grass and wild flowers that you will be able to paint on the terrain, at the same time than painting the terrain texture. More info on that in the future, as we work on that!

Alex Massé

Yes, we do have an apple tree! We might add more fruit trees later on, when we add gardening and harvesting to the game :)

Zahlea

This all looks incredible!! What blows me away the most is how natural and thick the foliage looks in the third last image. I can't wait to see what amazing landscaping people can achieve with these!! As for what plants I'd love to see, consider this my official request for Poinsettia. It's a very common plant here around Christmas time (the Swedish name even means "Christmas star") and after discussing it in the Discord server it seems like it's quite an international thing. Not to mention how utterly gorgeous the plant is!! 😍

SarahCroft

Thank you a lot for these lovely plants and trees that you made for the game ! It'll be amazing to have the "Dragon Tree" as a houseplant for interior 🌿

Bizbot

Will the flowers and such be as customisable as the rest of the items?

Sarah

I LOVE all the flowers and shrubs and everything! Big fan of adding color to yards. :) Also because barberry is invasive where I live and I volunteer at a forest preserve where we spend half a year cutting away barberry, I saw that listed and immediately narrowed my eyes and whispered "...barberry" with great disdain. 😂 But it's a video game, so no such thing as invasives! Can't wait to use it for the great color! Other plants I love: amsonia hubrichtii (blue star) and purple lovegrass for the fluffiness, and asters for the full-shrub color!! A magnolia tree would also be nice.

Jennifer Huber

I have never heard of a better idea!! Sign me up for anything witchy and surrounded by nature!!

Christina Ozeki

Oh, these are just lovely! I can't wait to use all of these in the game when it is released. Could we have some Christmas/Easter cacti and an air plant? I was going to suggest a bonsai too but I think saw one in a pot. Will we be getting the chance to grow vegetables, herbs and fruit bushes - like raspberries, strawberries, potatoes, rice, pumpkin etc?

Madison Deitch

Ahhhh!!!! I'm so excited!!!!! I would love to see some outdoor ferns and alternative ground cover like Irish moss and creeping thyme!!

Jean321x .

This looks so pretty. Firstly, I just love the Sakura tree. Just love it. Though the thing that always gets me is the house plants 🪴. At this point it is the perfect thing to flesh out a house. 'Random open space in your house?' - 'Boom, house plant' Can't wait to build with these.

Adriana Takáčová

amazing variety and beautiful colours!

Maxx

They have shown of that Paras can smell the flowers before, I'd love if being outside next to a bunch of flowers and greenery would have an effect on the Paras moods and emotions, or even inspire them. Idk if I would want them to need watering personally, though, it seems like too much of a chore in actual gameplay. And its not like every plant in a garden needs artificial watering either. If the watering is optional and just to make the Paras happy without consequence, I would love it ofc.

AmorFati

spider plants and pothos are must haves, imo; love all you guys have shown

Peachkins

In the small tree category they have an apple tree and you can see the apples I wonder if we’d be able to pick those apples!

Maxx

The oleander, dahlias and calla lilies are so beautiful 😭 I’ve been wondering whether you guys are considering adding some color variation swatches for the plants, I know a color wheel doesn’t make sense and it has to work with the leaves changing in fall and all, but having tulips and roses of different colors would add so much variety for example. Or slightly different shades of green for bushes and trees just to make them look unique next to each other in other than size. Either way, this is such great variation and I love that you fully went for real existing species rather than just generic ones! You can just feel the love oozing from every corner of this game

lias

Ohhh these look so nice! I'm a big fan of plants, indoor and outdoor so this is something i'll use a lot :) Can i suggest that maybe there could be some grass / wild flower options for gardens? Less in the sense of objects, but like those little grass textures on the ground that paras can simply walk through. that's something i find missing most of them time. Maybe some tall grass, some small flower patches like daysies etc. That would be absolutely awesome!

Panthro Samah

Very cool. Will we have fruit trees too? I know that we can harvest from other plantas...

Vera Ohlsen

The flowers have quite bold colours, but I trust you will add in some less saturated alternate colours, in time. One of my favourite garden plants is Syringa vulgaris - a fluffy, unkempt shrub taller than a person, with beautiful and fragrant flowers for a short period of the year. Would make for a good "wild looking" addition to any garden!

Joanie Boissonneault

Loving the variety !

Zak the Sloth

Welp, time to start designing a witchy cottage in the woods full of way too many plants where my Para can avoid all human interaction since I can't do it IRL

Melina W

i really love the variety and looks of the plants! gingkos are my favourite trees and i'm super excited they'll be in the game!! what i would love to see more of in the future is more colourful and lavish flower displays for tables

Jennifer

I love Autumn colours so I am even more excited now. :)

ZombieZmaj (Jenni)

Oh my! Those flowers look gorgeous!!! And the trees look so good

Jennifer

Awesome! :)

neighbourdan

So pretty! Love the cute little garden and plant shop setup ❤️

Xo.Noe

Oh my goodness I am in absolute adoration, how bright and colorful! I'd really love to see some lilacs and violets and sweet pea flowers (we called my sister who passed away 2 years ago Sweetpea). But either way, these are wonderful! Will we be able to water our houseplants and watch them grow?! I've always said having that and open windows that let curtains flutter in the breeze are things I've wanted in The Sims!

Ieva Žilytė

These look so beautifull! I would personally love to see chrysanthemum flowers added. In my culture we place them on graves, it symbolizes grief. It would be nice to add them to the cemetery!

Carelle

I really love the art style of this game. I can't wait until we get to see what gardening is going to look like.

Alex Massé

Yes! The details are not set in stone yet but we plan to add seasons to the game in an update after the initial Early Access release and some vegetation items will change color when switching season

Alex Massé

Not at launch but we do want to add gardening and harvesting later on!

Dominique Kurtz

I love everything so far. I know this won't be high priority but could we get a Joshua tree? They are so unique looking and for a desert landscape it would give a little more variation than palm tree. Only thing is I think they only grow in two places in the world so not so well known. It would also be really cool to get some semi aquatic or swamp plants and trees. Just some ideas.

Alex Massé

Thank you! Celestial events are not planned for now but it could be a cool thing to add one day! Yes, we will be watching the eclipse together Monday and I'm looking forward to it!

Alex Massé

Yes! You will be able to change the swatch or create new swatches for most of the vegetation items

Jennifer

Will some of these have seasonal changes in appearance?

Juan Martin

They look so good! The little monstera is my favorite

Loosey

Will the flowers and apple tree ect be harvestable?

Alex Massé

Not planned for now but we do want to introduce gardening to produce vegetables in the future and this will require watering!

Julio Saliba

The plants are beautiful. I would love to have them on my garden. Also a question, not related to this weeks patreon post: are celestial events (solar/lunar eclipses, comets) planned in Paralives? As Montréal is on the path of totality (with clear skies), are you prepared for this event? I hope you guys enjoy this rare moment with the team! Can’t wait to see pics of them! I apologise for the long text.