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Protea
Grow a Garden · Crops · Rarity: Legendary
About Protea
The Protea is a non-exclusive legendary crop obtainable from the Safari Merchant . The Protea is classified as a Safari , Leafy and Flower type crop, meaning it will be affected by items targeted at that specific crop type.
How Protea compares
Figures below are calculated from Protea's own stats and compared against the Legendary crops on this site. They update whenever the underlying data does.
- Return per harvest
- 0.00×
- Yield per minute of growth
- ¢1.19K
- Sell-price rank
- #40 of 84 Legendary crops
- vs. cohort median
- 1.00× median
sells for ¢50K, seed costs ¢12M — below break-even
over a 42-minute grow time
median is ¢50K
Protea — In-Depth Analysis
The Protea is a non-exclusive Legendary crop sold by the Safari Merchant, and the "non-exclusive" part matters more than it first looks. Unlike event-locked Legendaries that vanish forever, Protea returns whenever the Safari Merchant rotates in, so you are not under pressure to hoard it. That stability means you can judge it purely on its merits: a Legendary base sell value is solid mid-tier income, comfortably above Commons and Rares but below the Mythical and Divine ceiling.
Where Protea earns its keep is its triple typing as a Safari, Leafy and Flower crop. Flower-type plants are frequent targets of pollination and bee-related bonuses, and Leafy typing opens a second buff lane, so Protea can ride more synergy effects than a narrowly classified plant. That broad eligibility is the strongest argument for growing it once you have the right pets or tools active.
Buy Protea when the Safari Merchant offers it and you want a dependable, repeatable Legendary rather than a gamble. Stack Gold or Rainbow for the multiplicative payoff, and lean on its Flower typing during any pollination-boosting window for the best returns.