In Grow a Garden, not all plants are created equal. Some are beautiful but useless, others are ugly cash cows, and a rare few are both, the dream combo. Whether you’re a casual gardener or chasing that perfect harvest, knowing which seeds to plant makes all the difference. After countless hours of watering, weeding, and watching fruit fall, I’ve ranked every plant I’ve grown based on their performance, profitability, and just sheer vibes.
Best Plants Tier List
Seeds are the core of Grow a Garden, they’re what you plant, grow, and harvest to build your farm (and your fortune). Each seed produces a specific plant, with its own growth speed, fruit yield, event rarity, and selling price.
For this tier list, I judged plants based on a mix of three key factors: profit potential, growth efficiency, and usefulness in quests or events. Event-only and exotic plants got special consideration for rarity and impact when available. My list reflects both raw data and real gameplay experience, no theorycrafting, just honest results from dirt-under-the-nails farming. Let’s get into it!
S-Tier
These are the plants you build your empire on. If you get your hands on these, protect them at all costs.
- Coconut: Absolute unit. Grows tall, looks amazing, and the payout is massive. Easily one of the best plants in the game.
- Mango: Farming gold. Mango trees are beautiful and drop fruit like crazy. They’re money printers.
- Pepper: New from the pet update and already outperforming classics like grapes. Grows fast, sells high. No brainer.
- Candy Blossom (Event): Straight-up OP. This one’s cracked. If you ever see it available again, grab it instantly.
A-Tier
These are plants that hold serious value. Not quite god-tier, but still excellent to grow consistently.
- Tulip: Sells for more than berries and flowers, but good luck finding it. If it were easier to get, it’d be in S-tier.
- Corn: Highly underrated. Useful for Hungry Plant quests and grows fast. Big fan.
- Cactus: Honestly annoying, but when it grows big, it slaps. I keep faith in the cactus.
- Dragon Fruit: Looks amazing and sells well. Almost made S-tier, but the size RNG ruins the dream.
- Grape: Great farming plant, but takes its sweet time to grow. Still worth it.
- Pineapple (Event): Cool looking, decent value. A-tier works just fine for this tropical treat.
- Banana (Exotic): Surprisingly solid. Spawns often and sells well. Kinda slept on.
B-Tier
These plants are decent. You won’t regret growing them, but don’t expect fireworks.
- Strawberry: Reliable early-game plant. Easy to grow and good starter cash.
- Blueberry: Blue strawberry. Same performance, different flavor.
- Watermelon: Can sell for a lot with good mutations, but it’s rare and a bit inconsistent.
- Pumpkin: Same boat as watermelon. Solid but seasonal. Halloween vibes only.
- Mushroom: Takes forever to show up, but not terrible once it does. Just kind of annoying to manage.
- Bamboo: You’ll drown in these. But shock a few and you’ve got yourself a little factory.
C-Tier
These are either beginner plants or just not worth the space.
- Apple Tree ( C++): Okay I made up a tier. It’s fine early on but eats up space. Not great long-term.
- Carrot: Decent starter. You’ll outgrow it fast though.
- Tomato: Basically a tomato-flavored blueberry. Doesn’t bring anything new to the table.
- Daffodil: I’ve got beef with this one. Only good for quests. Trash for profit.
- Passion Fruit (Exotic): Spawns 4 fruits max, which isn’t enough to justify the effort. Pass.
F-Tier
Just… don’t. Please.
- Durian: Smells like a loss. Quest-locked, rare, and gives barely anything back. Straight to the compost pile.
- Papaya (Exotic): Spawns 2–3 fruits max. Absolute disappointment. Don’t waste your garden plot.
???-Tier
These are plants I haven’t spent enough time with yet. Could be amazing… or total duds.
- Lemon
- Cherry Blossom
- Soulfruit
- Cursed Fruit
- Chocolate Carrot
- Red Lollipop
- Sunflower
- Easter Egg Candy
- Cranberries
- Pear
- Peach
If you’ve tried any of these, let me know how they did in your garden, I’m genuinely curious.
Which Plants Are The Best?
That’s my full Grow a Garden best plants (seeds) tier list, ranked with real farming hours, some rage, and a lot of love. Whether you’re in it for aesthetics or farming profits, this should help you avoid the stinkers and focus on plants that actually pull weight. If I had to recommend one plant to grind for: Coconut or Pepper, no contest. And if you’re just starting: Strawberry, Corn, or Tulip will carry you hard. Agree? Disagree? Want to fight me over durians? Drop your take in the comments. Up next, check out my tier list for all the pets in Grow a Garden (ranked from best to worst)!
