diff --git a/exercises/practice/flower-field/.meta/tests.toml b/exercises/practice/flower-field/.meta/tests.toml
index c2b24fdaf5..965ba8fd4d 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/flower-field/.meta/tests.toml
+++ b/exercises/practice/flower-field/.meta/tests.toml
@@ -44,3 +44,6 @@ description = "cross"
 
 [dd9d4ca8-9e68-4f78-a677-a2a70fd7a7b8]
 description = "large garden"
+
+[6e4ac13a-3e43-4728-a2e3-3551d4b1a996]
+description = "multiple adjacent flowers"
diff --git a/exercises/practice/flower-field/flower-field.spec.js b/exercises/practice/flower-field/flower-field.spec.js
index 115693b513..5cd53b5f04 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/flower-field/flower-field.spec.js
+++ b/exercises/practice/flower-field/flower-field.spec.js
@@ -76,4 +76,10 @@ describe('Flower Field', () => {
     ];
     expect(annotate(input)).toEqual(expected);
   });
+
+  xtest('multiple adjacent flowers', () => {
+    const input = [' ** '];
+    const expected = ['1**1'];
+    expect(annotate(input)).toEqual(expected);
+  });
 });