While you may continue to gather pollen from a plant throughout its entire life cycle, once a plant has been pollinated (either by itself, through natural pollination, or through manual cross-pollination from another plant), no further combinations may be performed. The seed type that the plant will produce is determined the first time the plant is pollinized, and cannot be changed afterwards.

In very rare circumstances, cross-pollination may result in a ”mutation”. If mutation occurs, the targeted plant will not produce seeds that are a combination of the two ”parent” plants, but will instead produce ”mutated” seeds that grow into mutant plant varieties.

Known mutation colors are black and white. There's about a 1% chance for this to happen.

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Pollination State
The Pollination State indicator displays the current pollination state of a plant.

indicates that the plant has not yet produced any pollen, as it has not reached full-grown level.

indicates that the plant has entered its pollen producing state, and can have pollen gathered from it, or be cross-pollinated to.

indicates that the plant has been pollinated (either by itself, through natural self-pollination, or by the pollen of another plant). While you can still gather pollen from a plant in this state, the plant can no longer be the target of cross-pollination.

Crossing Plant Colors
	Red	Blue	Yellow	Purple	Green	Orange	Plain
Red	Bright Red	Purple	Orange	Red	Red	Red	Plain
Blue	Purple	Bright Blue	Green	Blue	Blue	Blue	Plain
Yellow	Orange	Green	Bright Yellow	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow	Plain
Purple	Red	Blue	Yellow	Bright Purple	Blue	Red	Plain
Green	Red	Blue	Yellow	Blue	Bright Green	Yellow	Plain
Orange	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red	Yellow	Bright Orange	Plain
Plain	Plain	Plain	Plain	Plain	Plain	Plain	Plain
Brightness: - Plain, black and white seeds are all dull colored. - All other colors come in dull and bright versions. - Brightness of the child is determined by the color of the parents. - Brightness of the parents does not influence brightness of the child. - Crossing two different colors yields a dull color. - Crossing two identical colors yields a bright color. - Self-pollination will result in the same color and brightness. Regular Colors: - All colors except plain, black and white come in dull and bright versions. - There are three primary colors: red, blue, yellow. - There are three secondary colors: purple, green, orange. - Crossing two identical colors will give that color. - Crossing two different primary colors will give a secondary color. - Crossing a primary and a secondary color will give a primary color. - Crossing two different secondary colors will give a primary color. - Crossing plain pollen with any other pollen will give plain pollen. - Black and white seeds are random mutations. Plants of this color give no seeds. Special Colors and Bonsai Trees : - Four rare colors have been introduced with the "Naturalist Quest". - The rare colors are pink, magenta, aqua and fire red. - Five different Bonsai Seeds have been introduced with the Samurai Empire Expansion. - Both the rare colors and the Bonsai Seeds are considered mutants and give no seeds.

Crossing Plant Types
To determine what plant will be the result of a crossing, take any two plants displayed below and find which other plant is exactly halfway between those two plants, horizontally, vertically or diagonally. That will be the offspring. Example: Exactly halfway between the Fern and the Tribarrel Cactus you will find the Water Plants, which will be the result of crossing the two plants. Also, to determine how to crosspollinate to any displayed plant in the grid: Start in the cell of the plant you want to create. Move one or more cells away horizontally, vertically or diagonally, and the same amount of cells in the opposite direction to find two possible parents of that plant. Example: To create Snowdrops, you can cross either Poppies and Bulrushes, Campion Flowers and Lilies or Snowdrops and Snowdrops. Note: To the right you can see the Century Plant full size, it is shown smaller in the table below.
Campion Flowers	Poppies	Snow-drops	Bulrushes	Lilies	Pampas Grass	Rushes	Elephant Ear	Fern
Poppies	Snow-drops	Bulrushes	Lilies	Pampas Grass	Rushes	Elephant Ear	Fern	Ponytail Palm
Snow-drops	Bulrushes	Lilies	Pampas Grass	Rushes	Elephant Ear	Fern	Ponytail Palm	Small Palm
Bulrushes	Lilies	Pampas Grass	Rushes	Elephant Ear	Fern	Ponytail Palm	Small Palm	Century Plant
Lilies	Pampas Grass	Rushes	Elephant Ear	Fern	Ponytail Palm	Small Palm	Century Plant	Water Plant
Pampas Grass	Rushes	Elephant Ear	Fern	Ponytail Palm	Small Palm	Century Plant	Water Plant	Snake Plant
Rushes	Elephant Ear	Fern	Ponytail Palm	Small Palm	Century Plant	Water Plant	Snake Plant	Prickly Pear Cactus
Elephant Ear	Fern	Ponytail Palm	Small Palm	Century Plant	Water Plant	Snake Plant	Prickly Pear Cactus	Barrel Cactus
Fern	Ponytail Palm	Small Palm	Century Plant	Water Plant	Snake Plant	Prickly Pear Cactus	Barrel Cactus	Tribarrel Cactus