This is a guide to cross pollination or flower breeding in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) for Nintendo Switch. Read on to learn how to make hybrid flowers, as well as what flower breeding layouts to use!
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1 | Breed new flowers with two flowers from seeds. (Recommended) |
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2 | Cross Pollinate a flower from seeds and a flower originally on your island. |
3 | Cross Pollinate two Hybrid Flowers. |
4 | Breed more of the same flower through Cloning. |
We recommend using flowers seeds bought from Nook's Cranny or from Leif's Garden Shop as you can control the outcome of the breeding process. These flower seeds have fixed cross pollination patterns so you're guaranteed to get the hybrid color you want.
You can also use the flowers growing natively on your island to make hybrid flowers. While this method is faster than breeding two flowers from seeds, it is harder to control the outcome as these flowers have random cross pollination patterns.
For example, cross pollinating a Red Rose and a White Rose from seeds will create a Pink Rose, but when cross pollinating the same flowers that were native to your island, it is possible to get Yellow Roses instead.
Sometimes the only way to get a specific color, like most of the Purple flowers, is to crossbreed two hybrid flowers.
The example above shows how to make Purple Tulips. This is done by cross pollinating Red and Yellow Tulips first and then using the Orange Tulips to make Purple Tulips.
Cross pollinating two hybrid flowers of the same color is also one way to make more of the same flower.
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Another method of getting the flower you want is to clone it. To clone a flower, plant it somewhere where it isn't touching any other flowers of the same species and water them every day. Eventually, the flower will clone itself in one of the empty spaces.
Watering flowers with the Watering Can causes buds to grow into flowers and nearby flowers to bloom, making crossing pollination much easier. Water the flowers at least once a day for them to grow.
A Golden Watering Can is required to make Golden Roses. Unlike most flowers, these roses can only be obtained through specific instructions. For more information how to make Golden Roses, see the link below.
The easiest way to cross-breed two flowers is by placing them next to each other, within a 2x1 grid. The hybrid flowers will grow directly below the two flowers, like in the image above.
Another method you can use is the 3x3 grid layout. By placing the flowers in a 3x3 grid, you can get a hybrid colored flower in the middle of the layout, like in the image above.
Even if you've fulfilled all the preconditions for Cross Pollination, hybrid flowers may not grow the very next day. If there are no new flowers, you'll simply have to continue watering them.
See the chart below for more information on hybrid flower colors.
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(1): This Red Rose needs to be a hybrid between a Purple Rose and an Orange Rose.
(2): You need to water the Black Roses with a Golden Watering Can.
(Best): This combination yields the highest chance of getting this hybrid.
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(Best): This combination yields the highest chance of getting this hybrid.
How to Get All Tulips
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(Best): This combination yields the highest chance of getting this hybrid.
How to Get All Hyacinths
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(1): This Yellow Mum needs to be a hybrid between a Yellow Mum and a Red Mum.
(Best): This combination yields the highest chance of getting this hybrid.
How to Get All Mums
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(1): This Red Pansy needs to be a hybrid between a Blue Pansy and a Red Pansy from a seed.
(Best): This combination yields the highest chance of getting this hybrid.
How to Get All Pansies
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(Best): This combination yields the highest chance of getting this hybrid.
How to Get All Lilies
(1): This Red Windflower needs to be a hybrid between a Blue Windflower and a Red Windflower from a seed.
(Best): This combination yields the highest chance of getting this hybrid.
How to Get All Windflowers
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(Best): This combination yields the highest chance of getting this hybrid.
How to Get All Cosmoses
Flower Related Links | ||
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Flower Breeding Guide | How to Make Hybrid Flowers |
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I somehow have gotten Pink Lillies from Red Lillies standing on their own. The Pink Lillies are in contact with Pink Windflowers though. Is it possible that cross breeding is possible with different types of flowers?
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Hybrid flowers can contain recessive genes in their code (like irl flowers) that can result in some random flower colors. Seeds from Leif or the shop will always have two genes of the same color (like a red rose bag will have Rr gene.) This twitter post has a in-depth explanation that might help! :) https://twitter.com/GeneticJen/status/1259490563147075584