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When to plant tulips in Brighton: by 1 November

In Brighton, tulip: plant by 1 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 Park Farm Shop (farm shop, 6 km) and Peter Eastwood Plants Ltd (plant nursery, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tulip in Brighton: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 5.6 °C.

Plantingby 1 November
First autumn frost1 December
Coldest nightsJanuary, 5.6 °C
Soil back at 7 °C in springalready in the first week of January
Daylight9:45 on 1 November
Daylight at the winter solstice7:56

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

Tulip in Brighton: 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 Brighton the average daily temperature stays at 10 °C or lower for about 21 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 Brighton the three warmest months bring about 203 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 Brighton, Bristol is 9 days earlier and Le Havre 11 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
London76 km24 October – end of December8 days earlier
Le Havre150 kmby 12 November11 days later
Cambridge153 km25 October – end of December7 days earlier
Ipswich164 km30 October – end of December2 days earlier
Caen183 kmby 5 November4 days later
Bristol184 km23 October – end of December9 days earlier

Where to buy tulip for planting in Brighton

Planting stock goes into the ground by 1 November; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Brighton OpenStreetMap lists 18 garden centres, 6 plant nurseries, 5 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant tulips in Brighton?

In Brighton, tulip: plant by 1 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 Brighton?

Last spring frost around 8 February, first autumn frost around 1 December.

Other crops in Brighton, with their dates