The game is getting funnier the longer you play. So I think the timer being wayyy too short is not helping you. :(
Being a gamejam, if the other players did not care about retrying the game, they will totally miss the point.
First playthrough: placing a few seeds resulting in a muddy color and 0 seed available.
Second playthrough: managed to get bees around my grass(?) to plant flowers and Flytraps for the sake of it. ~1140 points.
Third playthrough: spamming grass and putting flowers in between to keep the grass alive longer. 1940 points.
I'm still curious about the flytrap so I'm gonna read your instructions and see what I can do with them.