Shannon and Little (FFU)5 years, 6 months ago
Yes and No.
When you work on the chameleons, you need to attract 10 of each color before you can spot in other gardens to change the color of your plant. Once you've attracted 10 of each color, the ability to change plant colors is permanently unlocked.
However, if you stop in the middle, like at green - you've attracted 10 reds, 10 oranges, 10 yellows, and 10 greens, you will need to replant and spot in other gardens to change colors in order to move on to blue.
And since the chameleons required (until you reach rainbow), a plant of all the preceding colors, green chameleons need red/orange/yellow/green chameleon plants in order to visit, it's a lot of work to stop in the middle. However because the holidays are fast approaching, I understand not wanting to dedicate your garden for 3 months.
Technically, if you plant 7 chameleon plants (they all start as red) and work at attracting them quickly, you could in theory progress through fast enough to not need to stop (like maybe a month of hosting).