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When to plant tulips in France: 25 September – end of December

Tulip in France: plant from 25 September to the end of December; the window opens earliest in Grenoble and closes latest in Paris (19 cities).

From a month before the first autumn frost, so the roots grow before winter, to the late-planting limit on each crop’s page (about two weeks before the ground freezes, by ten years of weather).

Planting window by climate zone

ZoneCitiesWindow
270 frost-free days or moreBordeaux, Nice, Montpellier, Le Havre, Nîmes, Brest (France), Perpignan, Avignon, La Rochelle, Quimper, Ajaccio, Bayonneby 31 October
210–269 frost-free daysParis, Lyon, Toulouse, Nantes, Strasbourg, Lille, Rennes, Reims, Saint-Étienne, Dijon, Angers, Clermont-Ferrand, Limoges, Metz, Le Mans, Besançon, Orléans, Mulhouse, Caen, Poitiers, Pau, Valence, Troyes, Annecy13 October – end of December
150–209 frost-free daysGrenoble25 September – 1 December

Tulip: the window in each city

CityWindowZone
Grenoble25 September – 1 December150–209 frost-free days
Clermont-Ferrand13 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Annecy15 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Metz18 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Mulhouse18 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Reims18 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Saint-Étienne18 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Besançon19 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Troyes19 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Dijon20 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Poitiers20 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Paris21 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Strasbourg21 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Lille22 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Valence22 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Le Mans25 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Lyon26 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Orléans26 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Angersby 28 October210–269 frost-free days
Limoges28 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Rennesby 29 October210–269 frost-free days
Toulouseby 29 October210–269 frost-free days
Nantesby 30 October210–269 frost-free days
Bordeauxby 31 October270 frost-free days or more
Nîmesby 1 November270 frost-free days or more
Avignonby 2 November270 frost-free days or more
Pauby 4 November210–269 frost-free days
Caenby 5 November210–269 frost-free days
Niceby 7 November270 frost-free days or more
Ajaccioby 9 November270 frost-free days or more
Quimperby 9 November270 frost-free days or more
La Rochelleby 12 November270 frost-free days or more
Le Havreby 12 November270 frost-free days or more
Perpignanby 12 November270 frost-free days or more
Brest (France)by 13 November270 frost-free days or more
Bayonneby 17 November270 frost-free days or more
Montpellierby 28 November270 frost-free days or more