New Leaf Hybrid Flowers & Perfect Town
Every flower in New Leaf, which pairs breed which hybrids (including blue and gold roses), and how Isabelle rates your town for a perfect rating and the golden watering can.
Hybrid recipes
| Flower | Basic colours | Hybrids | Breed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulips | red, white, yellow | pink, orange, black, purple | Red + White → Pink Red + Yellow → Orange Red + Red → Black Orange + Orange → Purple |
| Pansies | red, white, yellow | orange, blue, purple | Red + Yellow → Orange White + White → Blue Red + Blue → Red (hybrid) Red (hybrid) + Red (hybrid) → Purple |
| Cosmos | red, white, yellow | pink, orange, black | Red + White → Pink Red + Yellow → Orange Orange + Orange → Black |
| Roses | red, white, yellow | pink, orange, black, purple, blue, gold | Red + White → Pink Red + Yellow → Orange Red + Red → Black White + White → Purple Orange + Purple → Red (hybrid) Red (hybrid) + Red (hybrid) → Blue |
| Lilies | red, white, yellow | pink, orange, black | Red + White → Pink Red + Yellow → Orange Red + Red → Black |
| Violets | white, purple, yellow | blue | White + Purple → Blue |
| Carnations | pink (Mother’s Day), red (Father’s Day) | white | Pink + Red → White |
Results are chances, not guarantees: the same pair can also produce its own colours. Gold roses come from wilted black roses and the golden watering can.
Breeding tips
- Plant two flowers of the same kind side by side or diagonally, with empty ground around them. New flowers can appear the next morning.
- Watering every day helps, and fertiliser from Leif makes a new flower more likely.
- Jacob’s ladders grow on their own in a perfect town, often near cliffs. Planting them beside parents raises the chance of a hybrid.
- A flower can wilt if it goes a day without water or rain; water it to bring it back.
- Gold roses: let a black rose wilt and water it with the golden watering can.
- A “hybrid red” rose (from orange + purple) looks like any red rose; keep track of it, because two of them make blue roses.
Perfect town
- Ask Isabelle at the town hall about the town’s rating.
- New Leaf rates the town as a whole, not acre by acre: enough trees and flowers, little rubbish, few weeds and a good mix of public works projects.
- Plant plenty of flowers (more than you would think: a hundred or more helps) and trees spread evenly, but keep paths clear.
- Some projects help (wind turbine, solar panels, flower clock) and some count against you (garbage can, drilling rig).
- Reaching a perfect rating, even for one day, unlocks the flower clock and the town hall remodels. Hold it for 15 days in a row and Isabelle gives you the golden watering can.
- The Keep the Town Beautiful ordinance stops wilting and slows weeds.
FAQ
How do you get blue roses in New Leaf?
Breed an orange rose with a purple rose for a “hybrid red” rose, then breed two hybrid reds together; they can produce blue.
How do you get gold roses?
Let a black rose wilt, then water it with the golden watering can.
How do you get a perfect town in New Leaf?
Plant lots of flowers and evenly spread trees, keep weeds and rubbish away and build some helpful public works. Hold it for 15 days for the golden watering can.
How do you get Jacob’s ladders?
They grow on their own, usually near cliffs, once your town has a perfect rating.
Sources & picture credits
- Flower, Animal Crossing Wiki
- Perfect town, Animal Crossing Wiki
- Golden tools, Animal Crossing Wiki
- Flower, Nookipedia
Guide text is original retrogameindex writing, checked against Nookipedia and the Animal Crossing Wiki. Icons, renders and screenshots © Nintendo; local copies archived from Animal Crossing Wiki file pages (listed in the picture gallery).