When to plant tulips in Spain: 1 October – end of December
Tulip in Spain: plant from 1 October to the end of December; the window opens earliest in Jaca and closes latest in Valladolid (17 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
| Zone | Cities | Window |
|---|---|---|
| 270 frost-free days or more | Barcelona, Zaragoza, Bilbao, Toledo, Córdoba (Spain), Gijón, San Sebastián, Badajoz, Lleida, Jaén, Girona, Cáceres, Santiago de Compostela, Lorca, Talavera de la Reina, Mérida (Spain), Plasencia, Tudela, Úbeda | by 12 November |
| 210–269 frost-free days | Madrid, Valladolid, Granada, Burgos, Oviedo, Salamanca, Pamplona, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Albacete, Logroño, Ourense, Lugo, Guadalajara (Spain), Palencia, Ciudad Real, Zamora, Ávila, Cuenca (Spain), Huesca, Manresa, Ponferrada, Alcázar de San Juan, Aranda de Duero | 13 October – end of December |
| 150–209 frost-free days | León (Spain), Segovia, Soria, Teruel, Jaca | 1 October – end of December |
Tulip: the window in each city
| City | Window | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Jaca | 1 October – end of December | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Teruel | 8 October – end of December | 150–209 frost-free days |
| León (Spain) | 9 October – end of December | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Segovia | 9 October – end of December | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Soria | 10 October – end of December | 150–209 frost-free days |
| Palencia | 13 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Aranda de Duero | 14 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Cuenca (Spain) | 14 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Ávila | 18 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Burgos | 18 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Zamora | 19 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Salamanca | 24 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Guadalajara (Spain) | by 25 October | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Vitoria-Gasteiz | 25 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Albacete | by 27 October | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Granada | 27 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Huesca | by 27 October | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Madrid | by 28 October | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Ponferrada | 28 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Valladolid | 28 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Ciudad Real | by 29 October | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Girona | by 31 October | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Pamplona | 31 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Alcázar de San Juan | by 2 November | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Manresa | by 2 November | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Ourense | by 3 November | 210–269 frost-free days |
| San Sebastián | by 3 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Úbeda | by 3 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Logroño | by 4 November | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Lugo | by 4 November | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Oviedo | by 6 November | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Toledo | by 6 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Tudela | by 7 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Barcelona | by 12 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Lorca | by 15 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Badajoz | by 16 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Gijón | by 17 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Jaén | by 17 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Santiago de Compostela | by 17 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Talavera de la Reina | by 18 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Lleida | by 19 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Mérida (Spain) | by 19 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Zaragoza | by 20 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Cáceres | by 24 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Bilbao | by 26 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Córdoba (Spain) | by 28 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Plasencia | by 30 November | 270 frost-free days or more |