Cross Pollination and How to Make Hybrid Flowers | ACNH - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch)

This is a guide to cross pollination in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) for Nintendo Switch. In addition to an explanation of cross pollination, this guide will explain everything there is to know about how to make hybrid flowers. Read on to learn more!

How to Make Hybrid Flowers

You first need flowers in close proximity

When flowers of the same type (rose, pansy, etc.) are in close proximity, hybrid flowers will bloom nearby. When certain conditions are met, cross polllination will result in rare hybrid flowers. See the chart below for more information on hybrid flower colors.

Hybrid flowers can be made in a 3x3 space grid

Cross pollination only works within a fixed space. As shown in the image above, flowers need to be within a 3x3 space.

Do flowers bloom easy if you use the Watering Can?

Watering flowers with the watering can will cause flowers to sparkle. On the next day, buds can grow into flowers, and nearby flowers can bloom, so it seems that using a Watering Can can make cross pollination much easier.

Note: This information is still unconfirmed, so it will be updated in the near future.

How to Get the Watering Can | Watering Can Recipe

Cross Pollination Chart

There are 3 types of Cross Pollination

Note: In New Horizons, you can hold onto the flower plant in addition to the seeds. We are still currently investigating how this affects cross pollination.

Flowers native to your island produce special hybrid flowers

For the most part, hybrid flowers will be produced as shown below, but when using flowers that were already on your island, it will create a random colored flower.

For example, cross pollinating a red rose and a white rose will create a pink or red hybrid flower, but when cross pollinating using two flowers of these colors that were native to your island, it is possible to create yellow roses, etc.

Confirmed Hybrid Flowers in ACNH

Hybrid Roses

Hybrid Flower	Parent 1	Parent 2
Golden Rose *	Black Rose	Black Rose
Black Rose	Red Rose	Red Rose
Blue Rose	Red Rose *1	Red Rose *1
Red Rose	Purple Rose	Orange Rose
Purple Rose	White Rose	White Rose
Orange Rose	Red Rose	Yellow Rose
Pink Rose	Red Rose	White Rose

*The Black Rose can be cross pollinated by watering it with the Golden Watering Can.
*1 This Red Rose was crossbred between a purple rose and an orange rose
How to Get the Golden Watering Can

Hybrid Tulips

Hybrid Flower	Parent 1	Parent 2
Black Tulip	Red Tulip	Red Tulip
Purple Tulip	Orange Tulip	Orange Tulip
Pink Tulip	White Tulip	Red Tulip
Orange Tulip	Red Tulip	Yellow Tulip

Hybrid Hyacinths

Hybrid Flower	Parent 1	Parent 2
Blue Hyacinth	White Hyacinth	White Hyacinth
Pink Hyacinth	Red Hyacinth	White Hyacinth
Orange Hyacinth	Red Hyacinth	Yellow Hyacinth
Purple Hyacinth	Orange Hyacinth	Orange Hyacinth

Hybrid Mums

Hybrid Flower	Parent 1	Parent 2
Pink Mum	Red Mum	White Mum
Purple Mum	White Mum	White Mum
Green Mum	Purple Mum	Purple Mum

Hybrid Pansies

Hybrid Flower	Parent 1	Parent 2
Blue Pansy	White Pansy	White Pansy
Orange Pansy	Red Pansy	Yellow Pansy
Purple Pansy	TBD	TBD

Hybrid Lilies

Hybrid Flower	Parent 1	Parent 2
Black Lily	Red Lily	Red Lily
Orange Lily	Red Lily	Yellow Lily
Pink Lily	Red Lily	White Lily

Hybrid Windflowers

Note: There may be multiple ways to crossbreed a Purple Windflower, so the full list is still TBD.

Hybrid Flower	Parent 1	Parent 2
Pink Windflower	Red Windflower	Orange Windflower
Blue Windflower	White Windflower	White Windflower
Purple Windflower	Blue Windflower Pink Windflower Pink Windflower	Blue Windflower Pink Windflower Blue Windflower

Hybrid Cosmoses

Hybrid Flower	Parent 1	Parent 2
Orange Cosmos	Red Cosmos	Yellow Cosmos
Pink Cosmos	Red Cosmos	White Cosmos
Black Cosmos	Orange Cosmos	Orange Cosmos

Related Links

List of Flowers

Flower Related Links
Cross Pollination and How to Make Hybrid Flowers
Windflowers	Roses	Hyacinths
Mums	Lilies	Tulips
Pansies	Cosmoses	Bushes-