Flower

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From left to right, up to down: red carnations, red roses, a rafflesia, white pansies, white cosmos, and white tulips
Type Unknown
Appearances Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival,
Animal Crossing,
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Animal Crossing: Wild World,
Animal Crossing: City Folk,
Template:AC3DS
Main appearances

Other appearances

Flowers in the Animal Crossing series are small clusters of brightly colored flowers that live throughout all four seasons. They can be bought from Tom Nook's Store, are grown by villagers, and grow randomly around the town.

There are four common types of flowers: roses, cosmos, tulips, and pansies. Flowers wilt periodically, 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. This wilting process applies to all flowers but the golden rose, which is created after watering a black rose with a golden watering can.

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A player watering flowers in City Folk

In Animal Crossing, flowers cannot breed or wilt. All sorts of colors can be bought from Tom Nook without the need to hybridize. Also, they cannot be picked up like in later games, so they cannot be sold or worn.

Various combinations of flowers can be bred to form new colors, such as the yellow and red pansies, which create an orange pansy.

In City Folk, flowers play a major part in the restoration of damaged grass. Flowers can also be worn in a player's hair. A flower worn this way will take the place of a hat. In the case of a rose, however, it is held between the teeth and will take the place of an accessory or helmet.

In Template:AC3DS, flowers will grow in groups of four, rather than in threes. It is unknown if any new types of flower will appear.

Special Flowers

Carnation

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Pink carnations being watered

Carnations can only be obtained in City Folk. There are three colors - pink is obtained from the player's mother on Mother's Day (May 10th), the red is obtained from the player's father on Father's Day (June 21st), and white is created as a hybrid of the two.

Clover

Main article: Clover

Clovers grow frequently and are generally treated as weeds, disappearing after being pulled. However, the four leafed-clover grows very infrequently and is placed in the player's inventory. It has been known to affect luck, and can be worn in the hair or placed as furniture in the player's house, used as a bookmark.

Dandelion

Main article: Dandelion

Dandelions appear randomly around the town, and are essentially classed as a weed, despite not affecting the town's environment. They look like a brighter version of a sun cosmos, with thinner, fuller petals and heavier leaves.

Dandelion Puff

Main article: Dandelion Puff

The dandelion puff can only be grown when a normal dandelion is left for a certain space of time. The dandelion puff is a collection of seeds with white parasols. This item, when held, can be blown by the player, hence the name "puff." When blown, the seeds float away and disappear into nothing. In City Folk, the parasols are much more realistic, complete with seeds.

Jacob's Ladder

Main article: Jacob's Ladder
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A Jacob's Ladder

When the environment of a town reaches perfect level, the Jacob's Ladder flower grows around the town. This flower does not have any variations, only appearing as a cluster of whitish-green buds dangling from a leafy plant. This plant does not breed when placed next to other Jacob's Ladders.

Rafflesia

Main article: Rafflesia

The rafflesia is a large red plant that grows in the player's town after a large number of weeds accumulate. Once this plant appears in town, it means that the town is at the lowest rank, not a perfect town, etc. In reality, the plant is notorious for its smell; which, in game, is reflected by the presence of flies. After the removal of the weeds, the rafflesia will wilt, then disappear. To rid the town of weeds, talk to Wisp the ghost and bring back all five spirits. Ridding the town of weeds is one of three choices as a reward. In many ways, it is the polar opposite of the Jacob's Ladder.

Hybridization

Hybrids can be obtained from Wild World onwards. In Animal Crossing, hybrids could be bought from Tom Nook's, but could not be bred.

How to Hybridize

If two different specimen of the same species are planted next to each other, on the next morning, there is a chance they will hybridize and create a new flower in one of the spaces next to either of the parents. For example, red tulips and white tulips can produce pink tulips. There are a few guidelines to follow to do this.

  • The parent flowers should be adjacent, either right next to each other or diagonally.
  • There needs to be at least one space open next to each parent. Do not completely surround either parent with anything, including items, patterns, dig spots, or other flowers.

Even if the hybridization conditions are met, there is no guarantee it will occur. Only three to five new flowers appear in a town in a day, and most hybridization pairings can produce a non-hybrid child, so it may take a while for any particular hybridization to occur. There are a few things that are thought to increase the chance of hybridization.

  • Perfect town status
  • Luck from positive Feng Shui
  • Presence of Jacob's ladders next to either parent
  • Watering dried out flowers that meet hybridization conditions
  • Using a silver watering can (This can is preferred because it increases the chance of hybridization)
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Some insects appear on flowers. In this case it's a snail on a Jacob's Ladder

Once a hybrid is produced, it can reproduce quickly by crossing it with any other flower. Just be aware not all flower can hybridize.

Hybridization chart

Color 1
Color 2
Possible outcomes
Roses
Red Rose Red Rose Red RoseBlack Rose
Red Rose White Rose Red RoseWhite RosePink Rose
Red Rose Yellow Rose Red RoseYellow RoseOrange Rose
White Rose White Rose White RosePurple Rose
White Rose Yellow Rose White RoseYellow Rose
Yellow Rose Yellow Rose Yellow Rose
Black Rose Purple Rose Black RosePurple RoseBlue Rose
Wilted Black Rose
Golden Watering Can
Gold Rose
Red Rose Purple Rose Red RosePurple Rose
Cosmoses
Red Cosmos Red Cosmos Red CosmosBlack Cosmos
Red Cosmos White Cosmos Red CosmosWhite CosmosPink Cosmos
Red Cosmos Yellow Cosmos Red CosmosYellow CosmosOrange Cosmos
White Cosmos White Cosmos White Cosmos
White Cosmos Yellow Cosmos White CosmosYellow Cosmos
Yellow Cosmos Yellow Cosmos Yellow Cosmos
Tulips
Red Tulip Red Tulip Red TulipBlack Tulip
Red Tulip White Tulip Red TulipWhite TulipPink Tulip
Red Tulip White Tulip Red TulipYellow TulipPurple Tulip
White Tulip White Tulip White Tulip
White Tulip Yellow Tulip White TulipYellow Tulip
Yellow Tulip Yellow Tulip Yellow TulipBlack Tulip
Pansies
Red Pansy Red Pansy Red PansyPurple Pansy
Red Pansy White Pansy Red PansyWhite Pansy
Red Pansy Yellow Pansy Red PansyYellow PansyOrange Pansy
White Pansy White Pansy White PansyBlue Pansy
White Pansy Yellow Pansy White PansyYellow Pansy
Yellow Pansy Yellow Pansy Yellow Pansy
Carnations
Pink Carnation Pink Carnation Pink Carnation
Pink Carnation Red Carnation Red CarnationWhite Carnation
Pink Carnation White Carnation Pink CarnationWhite Carnation
Red Carnation Red Carnation Red Carnation
Red Carnation White Carnation Red CarnationWhite Carnation
White Carnation White Carnation White CarnationPink CarnationRed Carnation