NOTE: There is no order in which the animals will appear -they are random except the last stage which is always the (new) unicorn for that level (For example stage 12 on the green trail is White unicorn .All other animals come in random order including the other unicorns). However if you finish (or even fail a trail) the animals you had on that particular level of a trail will be exactly the same if you use the same pot. But NOT if you use different pot. So make notes for every appearance and KEEP THE POTS.
If you want you can check this visual tutorial : http://postimg.org/image/6ocparm7d/
Feel free to save the link or download the file .
 
Also you can “predict” what animal is coming if you look carefully at the bushes and compare them with your notes excluding the animals you already had. There are two types of bushes: Tall and Round bushes.
Animals that come from tall bush are: ALL UNICORNS, meerkat, ostrich, giraffe, badger, zebra, crane, kangaroo
Animals that come from round bush are: grey squirrel, skunk, tortoise, hedgehog, woodpecker, elephant and leopard

In the last months, Monique and I spent time on collecting and analysing data on the topiary trails.
And we got a lot of help from fairies sharing trail info with us. Many thanks for that!
Though we haven't cracked the algorithm completely, we are happy to announce that we found a big part of it, so that we could turn our data into a calculator.

So please check out the calculator page:  http://myarduinoprojects.com/flcalculator/

To give you an idea on the chance of a match, for every level a percentage is shown. We will refresh regularly whenever new data is shared. (Level 1/Red is excluded, no surprises there.)

This is how it works:
Select the level and first critter on your trail from the drop down menus and fill in your garden id and pot id.
You can find your garden id from your garden wall url, this is the link that ends with .../fairygarden.php?id=xxxxxxx in the address bar of your browser.
You can find the pot id in several ways, but most easy via the itemid as visible in the Use-link of the storage area/greenhouse: Hover over the Use-link and at the bottom of your browser it will show the URL like .../storage.php?acti

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DIPLODOCUS
Raccoon, Gecko, Water Dragon, Field Mouse, Mallard, Grey Squirrel

STEGOSAURUS
Fox, Hare, Camel, Brown Bunny, Coyote, Donkey, Giraffe, Skunk, Kangaroo, Rainbow Dragon

VELOCIRAPTOR
Ostrich, Chipmunk, Deer, Golden Dragon, Bandicoot, Hippopotamus, Oriole, Wallaby, Guinea Pig, Prairie Dog, Meerkat, Armadillo

TRICERATOPS
Walrus, Platypus, Otter, Sea Lion, Griffin, Kingfisher, Seal, King Penguin, Puffin

SPINOSAURUS
Ferret, Tiger, Zebra, Phoenix, Red Squirrel, Pink Fairy Armadillo, Zebra, Llama, Koala

PTERODACTYL
Kiwi, Roadrunner, Australian King Parrot, Crane, Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Pegasus

MOSASAURUS (Underwater)
Sea Lion, Watery Seadragon, Seal, Sea Unicorn, King Penguin, Rainbow Seadragon, Puffin, Sea Pegasus, Walrus, Golden Seadragon, Platypus, Phoenish, otter, Griffish

T-REX
Red Panda, Olinguito, Nightingale, Gorilla, Jackdaw, Unicorn, Wombat, Giant Panda, Badger

Ty for spotting Kakos

thanks for spotting my topiary unicorns

Have you finished Dino’s?

GP alert here

Thanks so much