Overview
Melissa Lilac is a two-tone English lavender: dark purple buds open to light mauve. It is not part of the starter set; it unlocks at Level 20. Based on Ontario oil and color trials, the game tags it "High floral yield" and "Color-retaining".
Best uses
The cultivar record lists it as best for: Culinary, Essential Oil, Fresh Bouquets, Dried Flowers.
Star ratings
Evidence level shown in the game: Cultivar-informed + modeled. Tags: High floral yield, Color-retaining.
| Rating | Stars | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
| Oil | ★★★☆☆ | Essential-oil potential; changes still recovery when you distill |
| Aroma | ★★★★☆ | Fine-fragrance quality for sachets, sprays and oils |
| Stems | ★★★☆☆ | Cut-stem grade for bouquets and bundles |
| Bundles | ★★★★★ | Harvest volume: more stems and flower units per cut |
| Display | ★★★★★ | Wedding, photo and dried-flower appeal |
| Culinary | ★★★★☆ | Flavor suitability; 3 stars or more can be a culinary lot |
Harvest at full health
These are the game's predicted amounts from one healthy plant (100% health, no Harvest Tools upgrade, no woodiness). Lower health or a woody old plant gives less; the Harvest Tools upgrade gives up to 15% more. The game's yield number for Melissa Lilac is 52.
| Harvest use | Amount | XP |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh stems | 8 stems | 6 |
| Drying stems | 7 stems | 8 |
| Distillation crop | 6 flower units | 9 |
| Culinary lot | 2 culinary units | 10 |
Growing it
- Needs one unit of warm-weather growth per stage.
- Needs 10 chill weeks in winter before it can flower. Until then it waits at stage 3.
- Bloom record "mid summer", peak "mid summer-autumn". Before the game shifts it for your frost dates, the bud-and-bloom window runs from the week of Jul 1 to the week of Jul 29.
- Well suited in zones 5–9. Outside that range it grows at 72% speed and takes 20% more frost damage.
- After a harvest the plant drops back to stage 2 and regrows from its crown.
Tips
- With 4 Culinary stars it can be harvested as a culinary lot for food recipes.
- Stems 3★ and Display 5★ suit bouquets, wreaths, weddings and dried bundles.
- Hardy down to zone 5, so it suits most cold-winter farms.
See also
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