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New ghost flowers from Phantom!

After another fiasco with the ghost flowers from the Ghost Investigation Ward (GIW), the park officials have decided to give ectoplasmic plants one more chance with Danny Phantom. Fortunately, Phantom has told the officials that most of the plants they already have are safe to humans and ghosts (and non-traumatizing) so he only needed to get a few more.

Night Hellebores

According to folklore, these macabre flowers would mysteriously form a trail to haunted places, that anyone who followed them would be snatched up by ghosts and never seen again. According to Phantom, these flowers were planted by ghosts for newly formed ghosts to follow so that they had a safe place to hide while they grew stronger. Unfortunately, this grew out of practice over time when portals to the mortal realm became rare and inconsistent. No ghost wanted to be stuck in the human world with no way back. During the day, Night Hellebores are simply black flowers but at night the middle glows a bright blue.

Frozen Roses

Frozen Roses cannot be found anywhere else in the world since they are one of the few plants that completely originate from the Ghost Zone. Despite this, Phantom has assured us that they are safe to grow in the park. These roses are bright white with blue leaves and are attracted to ghosts. They even grow better around stronger ghosts!

Cardinal's Treat

Supposedly, this ectoplasmic bush can only be planted by leaders, though this is obviously not true, and are the only ones who can tolerate the taste of the berries since they are so bitter to everyone else. Phantom tells us that Ghost Kings are given a special meal made almost entirely of these berries before their coronation, if the King cannot stomach the meal or gives up is seen as unfit to rule. We don't quite understand how a ghost is able to taste but is interesting no matter what.

The park officials are very confident in this new batch of ectoplasmic plants but urges anyone who comes across a problem to report to the city council immediately.

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Breaking News:

Zombie Flora is ghost-nip!

Not long after Danny Phantom started playing in the patch of Zombie Flora, a few more ghosts appeared, some very familiar.

Ember McLain laughed when she first saw Phantom but quickly joined him in lying in the flowers.

Infamous couple Johnny 13 and Kitty arrived not long after and sat with them but were clearly not as high as the other two.

Skulker came, shook his head and supposedly said something about young ghosts before flying away, obviously not in the mood to fight an inebriated Phantom.

Technus also came to have a good laugh at the younger ghosts but did take a few clippings with him.

Based on the behaviour of the ghosts, it is safe to assume that Zombie Flora is some kind of ghost drug. However, much to the surprise of the experts, the plant is less like a typical human drug and more like catnip, particularly in their compulsion to roll in it.

Fentonworks is completely puzzled by the ghosts reaction. According to all their research on the plant, ghosts should not be affected by it whatsoever. Yet the plants definitely have an effect. The park maintenance have decided to attempt to remove the plants for now until a more furrow investigation is taken.

We wish them luck.

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Amity Park outraged at GIW (again)!

As many of you know, the Ghost Investigation Ward (GIW) funded the restoration of Bell's park and said they did all the required research on the plants graciously given by Fentonworks. However, after a recent mishap, it was discovered that they lied about one of the plants.

While most of the ghost plants are indeed harmless to humans and ghosts, Madeline Fenton, local ghost expert and co-founder of Fentonworks, revealed that Blood Blossoms were in fact incredibly dangerous to ghosts. In the original article, it was said that Blood Blossoms created a smell so disgusting to malevolent ghosts that they ran away but this was discovered to be untrue. In a later question from a curious citizen wondering if they could make perfume from these flowers, Madeline said that Blood Blossoms caused ghosts to dissolve when in close proximity! This mistake was quickly caught by another citizen who expressed their concern and outrage at the GIW for trying to hide this fact.

In response, the GIW attempted to pass off the blame to the writer of the article (E.P Lovejoy) by saying that the information provided was misinterpreted but failed to mention the intentionally vague nature of said information. The quote below has been taken directly from the research paper provided to our journalist. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the paper we are unable to provide much more than this quote unless given express permission from the GIW.

"Bad ghosts will do anything to flee the red mist Blood Blossoms create, most likely due to finding it revolting to be around..."

Reading this, it is easy to assume that the mist is some disgusting smell but we all know the old saying about assuming things. And never has it been more true.

We also asked Madeline Fenton if they were the ones to give this misleading information but refuted that her and her husband would ever do such a thing. They were in fact very open about Blood Blossoms being incredibly dangerous to ghosts and were happy enough to give us some more detailed information about them. We will be providing this information and research paper written by the Fentons in a future article.

Due to the plants dangerous nature, many citizens have asked for their removal so that no ghost is harmed. The GIW originally refused this but as they only funded the initial restoration and not the maintenance of the park, the park officials have ignored them and have asked the Fentons to provide a different ecto plant to replace the roses. While the Fentons were also dubious about replacing the plants, they ultimately agreed and have provided a safe ghost flower and the necessary research with it.

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Breaking News:

Phantom offers to get ghost plants!

After another disaster with the ghost plants given by Fentonworks and the Ghost Investigation Ward (GIW), Danny Phantom offered to provide new ecto plants directly from the the Ghost Zone. Park maintenance are obviously very dubious about this but have decided to give ecto plants one last try, mostly due to them coming from a ghost and not a self-proclaimed expert. He says this will take a few days to gather but will gladly help in the planting when he has them.

Of course, the GIW and Fentonworks are both very much against this. The GIW tried to get Mayor Masters to force the park to refuse help from the ghost hero but the Mayor has declined. However, he has given an official statement about the situation.

"It'll be interesting to see what the ghost brings but if any of the plants have a negative impact then I will ban ectoplasmic plants from being planted in public locations."

The public is confident in their local hero and the park is hopeful to have this whole debacle behind them.

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Breaking News:

Phantom spotted rolling in ghost flowers!

While many ghosts seem to be taking a liking to Zombie Flora, none of them have gone this far! Danny Phantom was seen flying through the park until he reached the Zombie Flora where he proceeded to jump into the patch of flowers and roll around in it. Many park goers tried to ask the local hero what he was doing but found that he wouldn't answer. Even attempts to remove the ghost were unsuccessful.

We are attempting to get in contact with Fentonworks to see what could be happening. Especially since Phantom's antics seems to be attracting more ghosts! We advise citizens to avoid Bell's park for the time being until the situation has been solved.

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Blood Blossoms replaced by Zombie Flora!

Due to demand, the park maintenance team are removing all the Blood Blossoms in Bell's park. The new flowers, provided by Fentonworks, are called Zombie Flora, named for looking remarkably like brains or intestines, and have absolutely no affect on ectoplasm.

The park maintenance were obviously very dubious to take more ecto plants but the Fentons were more than happy to quell these fears. Even giving a all small presentation of how Zombie Flora, otherwise called Cockscomb, does nothing to ectoplasm. However, even with this reassurance, park maintenance have decided to only plant a small patch on one side of the park, so that ghosts may avoid it if need be.

The head of park maintenance, Sophie Rhiner, wants to apologize for the precious grievance the GIW caused for the park and informs us they will be getting their information on ectoplasmic plants directly from Fentonworks from now on.

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Breaking news:

Fentonworks donate ghost flowers for park restoration!

After hearing that Bell's park was in need of restoration, Fentonworks donate ectoplasmic plants to decorate the park. These plants glow & react to ectoplasmic energy but according to the Fentons they will have no negative effects on ghosts.

The Ghost Investigation Ward (GIW) have decided to keep the specific plants that will be used a surprise but volunteers in charge of replanting will have complete access to the list of ghost plants. So be sure to volunteer on our website!

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Ghost plants and how they act!

We at Amity Park News are pleased that everyone is excited about the new plants that were donated to the park restoration by Fentonworks. However, we know not everyone has an encyclopedic knowledge of ectoplasmic plants. We sure don't! But the Ghost Investigation Ward (GIW) have given us a quick run down of all the ghost plants to share with you.

First up: Lightshade

These flowers are closely related to our real world Deadly Nightshade but in fact do quite the opposite. They were a common cure all in the past and still can be used to today as a cure for simple ailments such as a cold or headache. They are easy to spot due to the bright glowing berries which ripen other summer and fall. But be warned! Don't pick them when they start to lose their glow or you'll come down food poisoning!

Wolfsbane

Some of you were very surprised to see a real world plant on our list but it's true! Other than being beautiful, wolfsbane has many qualities that make them the perfect edition to our spooky park. While in folktales they are mostly associated with werewolves, they are actually very attracted to ghosts, specifically animal ghosts. These particular variant's leaves glow green in the dark or near ghosts.

Pumpkin Berries

Named due to their appearance being close to a pumpkin, these flowers glow all year round but are only ripe in October! It's very easy to tell a ripe pumpkin berry from unripe one because the flower sheds its petals and leaves behind a big glowing berry incased in a skeleton structure. The berries are incredibly sweet and make an excellent jam. But be careful not to heat them up to much! Or you'll have pumpkin berry jam all over your walls!

Blood Blossoms

These beautiful roses are said to ward off evil spirits. And they work! Any ghost with ill intentions will be scared off by these wonderful flowers. They begin to glow brighter when an evil spirit comes close to them and they give off a red mist that is revolting to them that they fly away!

Kraken's nest

Unfortunately due to the nature of these plants, it is practically impossible to get a picture of them. This is because they are constantly moving! You'll easily be able to recognise them though because of their big dark blue stems that are so light that they wave around at even the slightest breeze but are still so incredibly strong that they don't snap. All along the stems are little red glowing flowers that look like an octopus's suckers. They've been dubbed the Kraken's nest since they look like flailing octopus tentacles. They also supposedly only grow near water and protect the small fish that live there from birds. So of course they've been planted near the pond.

Black Calla Lilies

Another plant that can be found in our world, the Black Calla Lilies don't do much other than look pretty. However, they do grow much faster when planted on a ghosts grave. In the past they were planted in graveyards over freshly made graves and if after three days they still hadn't grown then it meant the person had gone to rest.

Queen of Ghosts

According to local folklore, these flowers were made by the King of the Dead for his human lover. Because he wasn't able to visit her, he scattered these flowers in the human world as a token of his affection. But they didn't grow in time for her to see them as she died, so the King went through a great depression and his tears caused the flowers to bloom. Much later the woman reappeared as a ghost and the King celebrated with his people and married her straight away. These flowers were there at the wedding and the happy couple's glow was reflected by the plants.

Of course it's doubtful any of this is true but it is greatly supported by how the flower reacts to emotions. Growing faster when surrounded by sorrow and glowing brighter when surrounded by joy.

And finally: Black Coral Elephant Ears

This plant may look unassuming in the picture but it truly shines at night. Literally! At night, the veins glow a bright green!

The GIW hopes this answers most of your burning questions but if they don't then they are more than happy to answer any more you may have.