''Lilybuds'' is a

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children's television series produced by Zodiak Family. The series has been made for Discovery Kids in Latin America. The CGI animated series is produced by ZKS France for Discovery Kids Latin America, with the participation of public broadcaster France Télévisions. Both broadcasters launched the series in mid-2018.

Premise

Lilybuds live in a garden as the tiny magical gardeners. They can grow lovely plants, flowers, any kind, and they are aware of animal creatures nearby.

Characters

Lilybuds

Zinnia ''Zinnia'' is a genus of plants of the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae. They are native to scrub and dry grassland in an area stretching from the Southwestern United States to South America, with a centre of diversity in Mexico. ...

(voiced by

Jules de Jongh Jules de Jongh is an American voice actress. She provided the voices of Yugo and Evangelyne in the first 2 seasons of '' Wakfu: The Animated Series'', the voice of the protagonist Faith from the video game '' Mirror's Edge'', and the voice of s ...

) is the messenger of the Lilybuds. She warns them when humans come by. *

Rose A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be ...

(voiced by

Joanna Ruiz Joanna Ruiz (born 1 February 1970) is a British voice actress who has mainly done voice acting for children's television shows. She attended the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. List of credits *Hilltop Hospital – Additional Voices *L ...

) is the most positive lilybud and the leader of the group. She is mostly the one who grows the flowers and plants. *

Cap A cap is a flat headgear, usually with a visor. Caps have crowns that fit very close to the head. They made their first appearance as early as 3200 BC. Caps typically have a visor, or no brim at all. They are popular in casual and informal se ...

(voiced by Hugo Harold Harrison) is the nervous lilybud of the Lilybuds. He gets scared when he sees something that is scary to him, but there is out to be something else. He is similar to a mushroom. *

Daffodil ''Narcissus'' is a genus of predominantly spring flowering perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. Various common names including daffodil,The word "daffodil" is also applied to related genera such as '' Sternbergia'', ''Is ...

(voiced by Nicola Stanton) is the most helpful lilybud who loves to knit. *

Thistle Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all over the planton the stem and on the flat parts of the leaves. ...

(voiced by Sara Markland) is the clumsiest lilybud of the Lilybuds. She plans things and unexpectedly gets ruined. *

Moss Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...

(voiced by

Oliver Mason Oliver Mason is a British actor and voiceover artist who lives in London. He began acting with The Guildhall School of Music and Drama aged six in his hometown of Norwich. He trained at the National Youth Theatre, Middlesex University, the Un ...

) is the most excitable lilybud who is at least worried about things getting lost. *

Lilac ''Syringa'' is a genus of 12 currently recognized species of flowering plant, flowering woody plants in the olive family or Oleaceae called lilacs. These lilacs are native to woodland and scrub from southeastern Europe to eastern Asia, and wid ...

(voiced by

Teresa Gallagher Teresa Gallagher is an American-born British actress. Career Gallagher is known for her role as Ellen Smith in ''The Bill'', for her appearances on radio in ''No Commitments'', ''Salem's Lot'', and '' Memorials to the Missing''. She play ...

) is the most fashionable lilybud who is often very silly, sarcastic and dramatic and wants to get things on her way. *

Thorn Thorn(s) or The Thorn(s) may refer to: Botany * Thorns, spines, and prickles, sharp structures on plants * ''Crataegus monogyna'', or common hawthorn, a plant species Comics and literature * Rose and Thorn, the two personalities of two DC Com ...

(voiced by Jamie Quinn) is the cook of the Lilybuds. He helps out with Bucky to make food. He is always on the lookout for Ellery, preventing him from stealing their food.

Animals

* Bucky (voiced by Jamie Quinn) is the helpful beaver. He helps Thorn make and organise the food they make. * Spearmint (voiced by

Chris Neill Chris Neill (born 1968) is a British comedian, producer, and writer who features regularly on BBC Radio 4 Rasmus Hardiker Rasmus Hardiker (born 31 January 1985) is a British actor, best known for voicing Scott and Alan Tracy in the reboot animated television series '' Thunderbirds Are Go''. He played Raymond in Steve Coogan's sitcom ''Saxondale'' and Ben in the Ja ...

) is the naughty and sarcastic chipmunk who loves to steal. He always plans to steal Thorn and Bucky's food, but his plans are getting backfired by Thorn. * Plum (voiced by David Holt) is a baby possum who worries and gets scared a lot like Cap.

Episodes

# A Royal Wedding # Saving the Ducks # Bunny Hill # The Butterfly Pageant # Cap's Night Garden # Thistle's Fall Festival # Daffodil Knits # Rose's Plus One # Thistle and the Egg # Lilac Babysits # Plum's Night Out # Zinnia's New Ride # Thorn's Berry Patch # Zinnia and the Pinecone # Lilac Finds a Ring # Rose's Plus One # Rose's Play # Cap's New Friend # A Tree for Plum # Lilac on Ice # Zinnia's Promise # Rose and the Hiccups # Lilac's Day Off # Thorn and the Ducklings # Thorn's House # Island Adventure # Spearmint's Snowdrop # Moss and Danny # Cap's Song # Ellington's Magic Seeds # Rose the Detective # Ellery Becomes a Star # Daffodil in Winter # Bucky's Band # Rose's Way Home # Thorn and the Treasure Map # Molly Goes to Town # Zinnia Gets Growing # Prince Norbert's Lesson # Bobby is a Guest # Lilac's Wild Wind # Jerboa Express # Genevieve's Gift # Thorn and Ellery's Plan # The Winter Rose # Daffodil's Dream Box # Carrot Day # Ellery's Hats # Cap and the Caterpillar # Thorn and Daffodil's Royal Duties # The Fruit Cup # Cap's River Cruise # Plum Wishes on a Star

Broadcast

The series originally airs on Discovery Kids in Latin America in its first release. The series is also shown of TiJi in France,

Knowledge Kids Knowledge Network, also branded as British Columbia's Knowledge Network, is a Canadian publicly funded educational cable television network serving the province of British Columbia. It is owned by the Knowledge Network Corporation, a Crown corp ...

and

TVO Kids TVOkids (short for TVOntariokids and stylized as tvokids) is the brand for most of the children's programming aired by TVOntario (TVO) in Canada. It was launched on April 1, 1994 and runs from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. daily. The brand also operate ...

in Canada, DKids in the Middle East and North Africa, France.TV in France, and

Tiny Pop Tiny Pop (styled as tiny POP) is a British free-to-air children's television channel in the United Kingdom, owned by Narrative Entertainment UK Limited. Broadcast on many of the major digital television platforms in the UK, Tiny Pop, which was ...

in the United Kingdom. The series was also viewed on the online subscription video on demand service

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in South Africa.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.zodiakkids.com/portfolio/lilybuds/portfolio/lilybuds 2010s French animated television series Animated television series about children Animated television series about animals French children's animated television series Television series by Banijay