What is Wildflower Solitaire?
Wildflower Solitaire is an open-tableau patience game where all cards are dealt face-up at the start. Eight tableau columns (“beds”) build downward in alternating colors; properly ordered sequences move as units. A “bouquet” of several free cells provides temporary storage. Four foundations build upward by suit from Ace to King. The fully visible layout and free-cell bouquet make Wildflower similar to FreeCell in strategic character — all information is available from move one.
Full rules
One 52-card deck. All 52 cards are dealt face-up into eight tableau columns (beds). A bouquet of free cells (typically four to six, depending on implementation) provides temporary single-card storage. Tableau sequences build downward in alternating colors; a properly ordered alternating sequence moves as a unit. Foundations build upward by suit from Ace to King. Win when all 52 cards reach the four foundations.
How Wildflower differs from FreeCell
FreeCell uses eight columns with four free cells and an alternating-color build rule — essentially the same structure as Wildflower. The key differences are naming and (in some implementations) the number of free cells. With more free cells (“a larger bouquet”), Wildflower may be more forgiving than standard FreeCell; with fewer, it may be comparable or harder.
The fully visible layout eliminates hidden-card uncertainty entirely. Every decision is a pure planning problem — the challenge is finding the correct sequence of moves, not managing unknown information.
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Bouquet (free cell) management
Each bouquet cell holds one card. Filling all bouquet cells simultaneously — like filling all FreeCell free cells — limits you to one card move at a time. The supermove formula applies: (bouquet cells open + 1) × 2empty columns determines how many cards you can move as a unit. Protecting bouquet capacity is the primary discipline.