Greenly Garden

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

ZoneCitiesWindow
270 frost-free days or moreBarcelona, 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, Úbedaby 12 November
210–269 frost-free daysMadrid, 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 Duero13 October – end of December
150–209 frost-free daysLeón (Spain), Segovia, Soria, Teruel, Jaca1 October – end of December

Tulip: the window in each city

CityWindowZone
Jaca1 October – end of December150–209 frost-free days
Teruel8 October – end of December150–209 frost-free days
León (Spain)9 October – end of December150–209 frost-free days
Segovia9 October – end of December150–209 frost-free days
Soria10 October – end of December150–209 frost-free days
Palencia13 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Aranda de Duero14 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Cuenca (Spain)14 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Ávila18 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Burgos18 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Zamora19 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Salamanca24 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Guadalajara (Spain)by 25 October210–269 frost-free days
Vitoria-Gasteiz25 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Albaceteby 27 October210–269 frost-free days
Granada27 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Huescaby 27 October210–269 frost-free days
Madridby 28 October210–269 frost-free days
Ponferrada28 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Valladolid28 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Ciudad Realby 29 October210–269 frost-free days
Gironaby 31 October270 frost-free days or more
Pamplona31 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Alcázar de San Juanby 2 November210–269 frost-free days
Manresaby 2 November210–269 frost-free days
Ourenseby 3 November210–269 frost-free days
San Sebastiánby 3 November270 frost-free days or more
Úbedaby 3 November270 frost-free days or more
Logroñoby 4 November210–269 frost-free days
Lugoby 4 November210–269 frost-free days
Oviedoby 6 November210–269 frost-free days
Toledoby 6 November270 frost-free days or more
Tudelaby 7 November270 frost-free days or more
Barcelonaby 12 November270 frost-free days or more
Lorcaby 15 November270 frost-free days or more
Badajozby 16 November270 frost-free days or more
Gijónby 17 November270 frost-free days or more
Jaénby 17 November270 frost-free days or more
Santiago de Compostelaby 17 November270 frost-free days or more
Talavera de la Reinaby 18 November270 frost-free days or more
Lleidaby 19 November270 frost-free days or more
Mérida (Spain)by 19 November270 frost-free days or more
Zaragozaby 20 November270 frost-free days or more
Cáceresby 24 November270 frost-free days or more
Bilbaoby 26 November270 frost-free days or more
Córdoba (Spain)by 28 November270 frost-free days or more
Plasenciaby 30 November270 frost-free days or more