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When to plant tulips in Avignon: by 2 November

In Avignon, tulip: plant by 2 November. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit. For planting stock, the places nearby include Pilea Project (garden centre, 1 km) and Jardinerie Droguerie Bellevue (garden centre, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tulip in Avignon: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 3 °C.

Plantingby 2 November
First autumn frost2 December
Coldest nightsJanuary, 3 °C
Soil back at 7 °C in spring8 January
Daylight10:13 on 2 November
Daylight at the winter solstice8:54

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

Tulip in Avignon: 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 Avignon the average daily temperature stays at 10 °C or lower for about 15 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 Avignon the three warmest months bring about 108 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 Avignon, Grenoble is 38 days earlier and Montpellier 26 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Nîmes38 kmby 1 November1 day earlier
Montpellier84 kmby 28 November26 days later
Valence109 km22 October – end of December11 days earlier
Grenoble156 km25 September – 1 December38 days earlier
Saint-Étienne169 km18 October – end of December15 days earlier
Nice199 kmby 7 November5 days later

Where to buy tulip for planting in Avignon

Planting stock goes into the ground by 2 November; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Avignon OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries, 10 markets and 13 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant tulips in Avignon?

In Avignon, tulip: plant by 2 November. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

When is the last spring frost in Avignon?

Last spring frost around 16 February, first autumn frost around 2 December.

Other crops in Avignon, with their dates