Do you want to make a pretty garden in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but you don't know about how to get shrubs or new flowers? If so, then this is the right article for you. This article will teach you how to get the newly added shrubs from Leif's garden shop, as well as how to get a more colorful variety of flowers by getting hybrids.
Steps
Part 1
Part 1 of 2:
Getting Shrubs
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Upgrade resident services. While you can still get shrubs without doing this, it is highly recommended. Once you have upgraded resident services, Leif, the sloth who sells flowers and shrubs, is guaranteed to come to your island once a week. Note that if you time travel, he may not visit as often.
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Wait until Leif shows up on your island. Every day, go out and look for him. If he is visiting your island, he should appear in the plaza next to a green cart with flowers, starts, and seeds. assuming you have upgraded resident services, you shouldn't have to wait more than a week.Advertisement
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Talk to Leif when he shows up on your island. Ask to see what he is selling for the day. Leif should be selling at least two kinds of shrub, one of which will be in season. They will also come in multiple colors. The following is a list of all the shrubs in the game.
- You can buy Azaleas in either pink or white.
- You can buy Camellias in either pink or red.
- You can buy Hibiscus in either red or yellow.
- You can buy Holly in only red.
- You can buy Hydrangeas in blue or pink.
- You can buy Tea-Olives in yellow or orange.
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Buy as many shrubs as you want from Leif. It is recommended that you buy shrubs that are in season. Don't worry about knowing when they are in season, because he will tell you which ones are.
- If you are trying to buy a lot of shrubs, buy them in fives or "Bulk". While you don't save bells, it can make it much faster.
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Go to where you want to plant your shrubs and dig a hole. This can be in a garden, by a house, or anywhere you want it to be. Remember that shrubs only take up one square of space, so you can plant them close to each other.
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Walk up to the hole until you are next to it. Open your inventory and click on the shrubs. Select "Plant here". After you have done this, you should see a small animation showing your character planting the shrub start.
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Wait a few days. It takes time for your shrubs to grow into bushes, so keep waiting. If you would like, you can time travel to skip the waiting. Remember, shrubs that are in season will also take an extra day to turn the flower buds into full blooms.Advertisement
Part 2
Part 2 of 2:
Getting Hybrid Flowers
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Choose what flower color you want. Most flowers will make pink and orange, but there are a lot of other colors, like green, blue, purple, or even gold. To make a hybrid color, you will probably need two different colors, but some hybrids, like blue, only need one.
- Keep in mind that most flower hybrids are what you get when you mix to paints together. For example, a red flower + a white flower will make a pink flower. However, this is not always the case, as sometimes you will get weird combinations like orange + red making pink.
- If you don't know what colors make a certain hybrid, you can search up a flower breeding guide in the internet.
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Get your flowers. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, there are a lot of ways to get flowers, so try one of the following methods:
- Whenever Leif shows up, he will be selling two kinds of flower, and you can buy your flowers from him.
- Nook's Cranny can also sell up to three kinds of flower, so you can also buy your flowers from there.
- You can even just dig up flowers that where on your cliff or on mystery islands.
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Dig holes in a checkered pattern with spaces in-between. Depending on how many hybrid flowers of a certain color you want, you can make this as big or small as you want. While you don't need to dig the holes, it helps you make less mistakes on where you plant the flowers.
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Plant your different flowers colors in alternating rows. For example, if you are trying to get pink flowers, plant a row of red ones, a row of white ones, a row of red ones, and so on until you reach the end. If your flowers are all the same color, just fill in all the rows with that color.
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Water your flowers everyday. In order to get hybrids, you need to water your flowers everyday with a watering can. A normal watering can works the best, because the flimsy one doesn't water as many flowers at a time.
- Keep in mind that you don't have to water your flowers in it either rains, snows, or if a villager or friend waters them.
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Wait for your hybrids to grow. Every day, make sure to check on them. If you see a new flower but it isn't a hybrid, remove it so that the hybrids have space to grow. After a few days, you should start seeing a bunch of hybrid flowers.Advertisement
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- If you want to have a better chance of getting hybrid flowers, have your friend come over and water your flowers. This increases your chance of getting hybrids.Thanks
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