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When to plant tulips in Oryol: 16 September – 10 November

In Oryol, tulip: plant from 16 September to about 10 November.

Bulbs are best planted early in the window: late-planted bulbs may flower later or less well. Late planting works only while the soil can be dug. Mulch after planting.

The date is about two weeks before the average daily temperature here falls below 0 °C (ten years of weather): an estimate, not the day the ground freezes, and a cold spell can freeze it earlier. Sources: Iowa State University Extension, Wisconsin Horticulture Extension, UNH Extension, RHS, how the ground freezes (NRC Canada, CBD-26).

Tulip in Oryol: soil, season and weather

Nights then average below 0 °C in November–March; the coldest, January, averages -8 °C.

Planting16 September – 10 November
First autumn frost16 October
Coldest nightsJanuary, -8 °C
Soil back at 7 °C in spring9 April
Daylight12:40 on 16 September
Daylight at the winter solstice7:34

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

Tulip in Oryol: 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). Where winters are very cold, tulips benefit from deeper planting to protect them from frost penetrating the soil (RHS); here the average daily temperature drops below 0 °C in winter.

In Oryol the average daily temperature stays at 10 °C or lower for about 30 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 Oryol the three warmest months bring about 212 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 Oryol, Kaluga is 5 days earlier and Stary Oskol 6 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Bryansk122 km20 September – 11 November4 days later
Kursk138 km21 September – 14 November5 days later
Tula170 km15 September – 4 November1 day earlier
Kaluga174 km11 September – 5 November5 days earlier
Stary Oskol222 km22 September – 13 November6 days later
Lipetsk237 km17 September – 9 November1 day later

Where to buy tulip for planting in Oryol

Planting stock goes into the ground from 16 September to about 10 November; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Oryol OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 7 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant tulips in Oryol?

In Oryol, tulip: plant from 16 September to about 10 November. Bulbs are best planted early in the window: late-planted bulbs may flower later or less well. Late planting works only while the soil can be dug. Mulch after planting.

When is the last spring frost in Oryol?

Last spring frost around 28 April, first autumn frost around 16 October.

Other crops in Oryol, with their dates