The plant system has needed some attention, for a long time, now. The developer that implemented the plant system (I think it was Augur, but not positive about that) had the next generation of plants all mapped out. There used to be an entire page with this information on the uo.com site, but the link is broken now. Many players were looking forward to the introduction of the next generation of plants. I really wanted to grow some lily pads! Unfortunately, when a developer leaves UO, all their ideas and work seem to leave with them.

The only thing added to plants since it's inception, was the Naturalist Quest, which I found a bit misleading, because it introduced some, umm... odd looking plants, to say the least. I suppose the magenta ones might look good in a dark/evil style building, but I never could find a use that looked natural for these odd colored plants.

I bet the Drunken Friars would love to grow some of those hops for their ale! Why can't we make our own ale, or tequila?