Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
(Published on 4. April 2026, 00:00 by FIT7Y)
The gardener I hired to plant flowers into my garden wasn't able to follow my instructions. I had asked for them to plant roses and daisies in a specific arrangement, and though they did only plant flowers in the specific spots I requested, they seem to have chosen flowers at random; even using some flowers I didn't even ask for! And to top it all off I've forgotten which flowers I wanted where. Would you be kind enough to help me figure out what my intended flower arrangement was?
Rules:
Place the digits 1-9 once each into every row, column, and box.
Every flower follows at least one of the following rules.
A flower that was supposed to be a rose (not necessarily the emoji shown) counts how many digits in the (up to 8) surrounding cells are greater than or equal to the digit on the flower.
A flower that was supposed to be a daisy (not necessarily the emoji shown) counts how many digits in the (up to 8) surrounding cells are less than or equal to the digit on the flower.
Have fun solving!
Solution code: Row 4
