Sapling

Saplings are newly planted trees. Players can plant saplings by digging a hole and then placing the sapling inside. From the day that they were planted, it takes five days to fully grow. Saplings also must be placed in an appropriate spot; the sapling should not be adjacent to any object, including walls and other trees, and the sapling must be grown on grass or dirt. Saplings can be bought from Tom Nook's Store and the Garden Center in. Saplings cost 80 Bells, and players can buy multiple ones. There are two kinds of saplings: an oak tree sapling and a cedar sapling. When the player works for Tom Nook in all games except for New Leaf, one of the player's first tasks at Tom Nook's Store is planting oak tree saplings and cedar saplings around his shop. In Tortimer Island in New Leaf, new saplings (called "start") for tropical bushes are available, but they cost a number of medals, not bells.