Flower

Flowers are commonly seen and present throughout the. Specifically, flowers are small clusters of brightly colored plants 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, they are; 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.

Flowers can be worn as accessories in the hair of a player. When a flower is worn, it will replace the headgear of the player, if the player is wearing one. In the case of a rose, however, it is held between the teeth, but will still take the place of an accessory or headgear.



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

In Wild World, flowers grow randomly around the town, next to the house of a villager who's hobby is gardening, or next to a group of two flowers. They can breed into a limited amount of colors and can be worn and sold. They can also be bought from Tom Nook for 80 bells per seed bag. There are Dandelions (only one color, can not be bred), Dandelion puffs (spawn from dandelions after they wilt without being watered) which are weeds, Jacobs Ladder (spawn from perfect town), tulips, pansies, roses, and cosmos.

In, flowers play a major part in the restoration of damaged grass.

In, there are new flowers you can get at the flowers shop and the island.

Insects on Flowers
Many different insects are attracted to flowers such as Ladybugs, Butterflies, Mantids and Snails. Oddly, of all these flowers, Tulips are the only type that do not attract insects.

See Flower Insects for a complete list.

Types of Flowers
The common types of flowers (of which there are 4) include Roses, Cosmos, Tulips and Pansies. The common types of flowers grow in groups of 3 in all games apart from where they grow in fours. There are a number of special flowers too such as Carnations, Dandelions and Jacob's Ladder. Iris, Tiger lilies, Hibiscus and Daffodils were introduced in.

Carnation
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 10), the red is obtained from the player's father on Father's Day (June 21), and white is created as a hybrid of the two. Did you know you could get the white carbation by breeding both of them?

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
Dandelions appear randomly around the town, and are essentially classed as a weed, despite not affecting the town's environment. They resemble sun cosmos, save thinner petals and heavier leaves. When it turns into seeds it can be equipped as a tool and blown by pressing A.

Bamboo
Main: Bamboo

Bamboo is a new plant introduced in.

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
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, though it does increase the chance of breeding other flowers when planted next to them. Jacob's Ladders are possibly one of the hardest plants to accquire because it only spawns while your town is perfect. These plants can wilt and can only be healed by a silver or golden watering can.

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 your town, it means that your 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 your town of weeds, talk to Wisp the ghost and bring back all five spirits. Ridding your 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 and its other gamecube counterparts, a few hybrid colours could be bought from Tom Nook's (Blue Pansy, Pink Cosmos etc.), but flowers could not be bred. In City Folk, it is thought to be slightly harder to hybridize flowers. It is unknown if new hybrids colours will appear in New Leaf, but the new flower species can hybridize.



How to Hybridize
If you plant two different specimen of the same species 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