When to plant tulips in Nice: by 7 November

In Nice, tulip: plant by 7 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 Culture Indoor (garden centre, 2 km) and Gamm Vert (garden centre, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tulip in Nice: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 1.4 °C.

Planting	by 7 November
First autumn frost	7 December
Coldest nights	January, 1.4 °C
Soil back at 7 °C in spring	20 January
Daylight	10:01 on 7 November
Daylight at the winter solstice	8:55

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

Tulip in Nice: 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 Nice the average daily temperature stays at 10 °C or lower for about 19 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 Nice the three warmest months bring about 92 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

All the nearest cities on our list plant tulip earlier than Nice; the closest date is in Avignon, 5 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Genoa	154 km	27 October – end of December	11 days earlier
Turin	156 km	21 October – end of December	17 days earlier
Avignon	199 km	by 2 November	5 days earlier
Grenoble	206 km	25 September – 1 December	43 days earlier
Novara	222 km	23 October – end of December	15 days earlier
Aosta	227 km	11 August – 22 October	88 days earlier

Where to buy tulip for planting in Nice

Planting stock goes into the ground by 7 November; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Nice OpenStreetMap lists 13 garden centres, 13 markets and 8 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Culture Indoor — garden centre
Boulevard François Grosso 49, Nice · 2 km
Gamm Vert — garden centre
Mon–Sat 08:30–12:00, 14:00–18:30 · 11 km
Gamm Vert — garden centre
Mon–Fri 08:00–12:00, 14:00–19:00; Sat 08:00–13:00, 14:00–18:30 · 11 km
Culture Indoor — garden centre
Tue–Sat 10:00–13:15, 14:30–19:15 · 11 km
Gamm Vert — garden centre
Mon–Sat 08:30–12:30, 14:00–19:00; Sun 09:00–12:30 · 12 km
Marché du Cours Saleya — market
Cours Saleya, 06300 Nice · Tue–Sun 06:00–13:30 · 1 km
Condamine Market — market
Place d'Armes · 06:00–14:00 · 13 km
Les Halles Gustave Eiffel — market
Rue du Marché 2 · Mon–Sun 07:00–13:00 · 13 km

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