When to plant tulips in Angers: by 28 October

In Angers, tulip: plant by 28 October. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit. For planting stock, the places nearby include Hortiloire (farm supply, 4 km) and Le Biau Jardin (farm shop, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tulip in Angers: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 2.8 °C.

Planting	by 28 October
First autumn frost	27 November
Coldest nights	January, 2.8 °C
Soil back at 7 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Daylight	10:14 on 28 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	8:27

The same dates in Angers hold for Garlic, Daffodil, Crocus and Hyacinth.

Tulip in Angers: depth, winter cold, pests and pets

Plant tulips at a depth of two to three times the bulb’s height, at least twice the bulb’s width apart, pointed end up (RHS).

In Angers the average daily temperature stays at 10 °C or lower for about 20 weeks a year (our estimate from ten years of monthly weather). For this bulb Wisconsin Horticulture Extension gives a cold period of 15–17 weeks at about 2–10 °C. The winter here gives that in the ground, so the bulbs need no pre-chilling.

Border tulips often fail to flower in their second year if left in the ground, so many gardeners grow them for one spring and plant fresh bulbs each autumn; Darwin hybrid and Kaufmanniana tulips reflower more reliably (RHS). Soils that stay wet in summer make reflowering difficult (RHS): in Angers the three warmest months bring about 144 mm of rain together.

Grey squirrels often dig up tulip bulbs: lay chicken wire over the bed until the leaves appear, or plant daffodils among them, which squirrels avoid (RHS). Tulips are toxic to dogs, cats and horses, the bulb most of all (ASPCA).

Sources: RHS, Wisconsin Horticulture Extension, ASPCA.

Tulip in nearby cities

Around Angers, Poitiers is 8 days earlier and La Rochelle 15 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nantes	80 km	by 30 October	2 days later
Le Mans	81 km	25 October – end of December	3 days earlier
Rennes	110 km	by 29 October	1 day later
Poitiers	120 km	20 October – end of December	8 days earlier
La Rochelle	153 km	by 12 November	15 days later
Orléans	190 km	26 October – end of December	2 days earlier

Where to buy tulip for planting in Angers

Planting stock goes into the ground by 28 October; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Angers OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 22 markets and 14 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Marché Roseraie — market
Place Jean XXIII, 49000 Angers · Sat 08:00–13:30 · 3 km · angers.fr
Marché de Belle-Beille — market
Rue Louis Dolbeau, 49000 Angers · Fri 08:00–13:30 · 3 km · angers.fr
Hortiloire — farm supply
Rue des Magnolias 9, 49130 Les Ponts-de-Cé · Sept–Jun Mon 08:30–12:30, 14:00–18:00; Sept–Jun Tue–Thu 08:00–12:30, 14:00–18:00; Sept–Jun Fri 08:00–12:30, 14:00–17:00; Jul–Aug Mon 08:30–12:30, 14:00–17:00; Jul–Aug Tue–Fri 08:00–12:30, 14:00–17:00 · 4 km · hortiloire.fr
Le Biau Jardin — farm shop
Levée Ligerienne 15, 49130 Saint-Jean-de-la-Croix · Wed 16:00–18:00; Sat 10:00–12:00 · 7 km · lebiaujardin.fr
Aux Fraises d'Anjou — farm shop
Route de la Plotinière, Loire authion · Mon–Fri 10:00–18:30 · 9 km · auxfraisesdanjou.fr
Marché Fermier — farm shop
Avenue de la Millardière 2, 49480 Saint Sylvain d'Anjou · Fri 09:30–18:00; Sat 09:00–13:00 · 7 km
AMAP Bien Mûrs — farm shop
Route de Cholet 45, 49610 Mûrs-Erigné · Fri 18:30–19:30 · 8 km
AMAP Les Voisins de Panier — farm shop · sells: fruit, vegetable, bread, egg, meat,
Thu 18:30–19:30 · 13 km · amap49-membrolle.fr

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