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Flowers in the are small clusters of brightly colored flowers that live throughout all four seasons. They can be bought from Tom Nook's stores, the Timmy and Tommy's stores, or Leif's Garden Shop, are grown by villagers, and grow randomly around the town. They can be watered with a Watering Can to breed them, which can produce hybrid flowers, and, prior to, they will wilt if not watered. In and earlier, flowers cannot breed or wilt. Additionally, flowers cannot be picked up in or  unlike in later games, so they cannot be sold or worn. In, flowers can be picked, but it will result in the flower being destroyed and the player will be holding the flower in their hands after being picked. in, flowers now take a few days to grow, and can now be plucked from the flower plants to be used as crafting materials, with new flower heads growing in a few days.

Flower basics
There are four common types of flowers: roses, cosmos, tulips, and pansies. introduced two new flowers, lilies and violets, both which can be either bought from Leif's Gardening Store or found on various islands during tours. introduced a further three flowers, windflowers, mums, and hyacinths, while removing violets. Various combinations of flowers can be bred to form new colors, such as the yellow and red pansies, which create an orange pansy.

Each day, if it has not rained or snowed the day before, there is a chance for each non-watered flower to wilt at 6 a.m., turning a brown color. They can be revived by being watered with a watering can on the same day that they wilt, and will return to normal the following day. Watering flowers that have not wilted yet prevents the flower from wilting the next day. This wilting process applies to all flowers except the golden rose, dandelion and dandelion puffs. Flowers that have been watered show shiny petals and sparkle in.



In, flowers grow in groups of four, unlike in previous games where they grow in groups of three. The ability to wear flowers in the hair of a player, which was introduced in, also reappears, again taking the place of a hat. Hybridization remains a feature for flowers.

In later games, flowers, unless they are wilted, can be picked up as with any item. They can also be displayed in the player's house or, since, be worn on the player's hair. A flower worn this way will take the place of a hat. The rose, however, it is held between the teeth and will take the place of an accessory or helmet.

Flowers can be destroyed in some ways. If the player runs through one of the bunches, there is a 30% chance that the flowers will be destroyed. If the player attempts to pick up a wilted flower, the player plucks it instead, removing it. The player can also use a shovel to dig where the flower is, destroying it.

In, flowers have been completely overhauled. Planting a flower seed will result in the appearance of small leaves referred to as sprouts on the ground indicating the first stage of growth. The next day, the flowers will appear as stems and the following day they will appear as buds, before finally blooming on the third day after planting. The player can pluck the blossoms, which can then be used as a crafting material, worn on the player as an accessory, or placed as a single stem flower in a vase. Plucking the blossoms will revert the flowers to the stems growth stage. Running over the flowers also has a chance of destroying the blossoms, reducing them to the buds stage. At any growth stage, the player can dig up the flowers with the shovel and replant them. Flowers no longer wilt, but they still must be watered in order to hybridize. Hybrids and other new flowers will appear each morning in the buds growth stage. The flower plants cannot be sent through the mail, but the blossoms can.

Special flowers
For flowers that appear during the garden events in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, see Garden Safari

Hybrids
In the first Animal Crossing, flowers are only obtained through purchase at Tom Nook's store. However, in onwards, flowers could reproduce to create more flowers. Two fully-grown flowers of the same species that are watered with a watering can and are placed next to each other side-by-side or diagonally have a chance to crossbreed on the following day and produce a new flower with genes from the parent flowers. This is the only way to obtain hybrid flowers, which are colors that can only be obtained by breeding other flowers, starting with a flower's 3 primary colors found in their seeds.

In, , and , only three to five new flowers may appear in a day, but flowers are not guaranteed to breed. The chances of flowers breeding can be increased by having a Perfect Town status, having luck from positive Feng Shui, and using a silver watering can. In, the only way to increase the chance of breeding is by having up to 5 online players also water the flowers.

In and, bred flowers are determined by the colors of the parent flowers alone. However, in and, hidden genetics mechanics were introduced which mimic real-world genetics.