Plant Factory is a must have for any vfx pipeline, and an ideal companion to VUE. Create, Edit and Export High-Quality Animated 3D Plants.
What's New in Plant Factory 2015:
Redesigned interface and workflow for an improved "new-user" experience
Trunk, Branch, Twig, Stem, Leaf and Billboard framework nodes help you get going fast
Basic and Advanced work spaces, adapted for newcomers and power users
Edit the same parameter for several nodes simultaneously
Simplified material creation using the new Basic Material Editor with standard channels for diffuse, alpha, normals and detail maps

Here is a shortlist of some of the important new features included in Plant Factory 2015:
Quads and Subdivision Surfaces
Control mesh density of individual parts of the plant
Detail maps and Double-sided materials
Exchange plants or plant parts with ZBrush
New ultra-realistic wind model
Redesigned interface and workflow

Simplified Material Editor
New lightweight Simple Segment node for small branches and twigs
New Node presets for the Segment and Leaf nodes
Custom tailored FBX export preset for Unity 5
Redesigned content, 19 new plant species
44 simple tutorial scenes explaining specific settings