Greenly Garden
Get the app
EN

When to plant tulips in Osorno: by 3 May

In Osorno, tulip: plant by 3 May. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

Tulip in Osorno: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 3.4 °C.

Plantingby 3 May
First autumn frost2 June
Coldest nightsJuly, 3.4 °C
Soil back at 7 °C in spring11 July
Daylight10:19 on 3 May
Daylight at the winter solstice9:16

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

Tulip in Osorno: 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 Osorno the average daily temperature stays at 10 °C or lower for about 23 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 Osorno the three warmest months bring about 115 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 Osorno, Bariloche is 142 days earlier and Valdivia 12 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Valdivia85 kmby 15 May12 days later
Puerto Montt101 kmby 7 May4 days later
Bariloche166 km12 December – 14 May142 days earlier
Temuco208 kmby 23 April10 days earlier
Los Ángeles351 kmby 2 May1 day earlier
Concepción416 kmby 14 May11 days later

Where to buy tulip for planting in Osorno

Planting stock goes into the ground by 3 May; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Osorno OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery and 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant tulips in Osorno?

In Osorno, tulip: plant by 3 May. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

When is the last spring frost in Osorno?

Last spring frost around 15 September, first autumn frost around 2 June.

Other crops in Osorno, with their dates