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When to plant tulips in Pau: by 4 November

In Pau, tulip: plant by 4 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 Truffaut (garden centre, 3 km) and Point Vert (garden centre, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tulip in Pau: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 2.1 °C.

Plantingby 4 November
First autumn frost4 December
Coldest nightsJanuary, 2.1 °C
Soil back at 7 °C in spring8 January
Daylight10:10 on 4 November
Daylight at the winter solstice8:58

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

Tulip in Pau: 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 Pau the average daily temperature stays at 10 °C or lower for about 17 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 Pau the three warmest months bring about 236 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 Pau, Jaca is 34 days earlier and Bayonne 13 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Jaca86 km1 October – end of December34 days earlier
Bayonne92 kmby 17 November13 days later
Pamplona118 km31 October – end of December4 days earlier
Huesca130 kmby 27 October8 days earlier
San Sebastián131 kmby 3 November1 day earlier
Toulouse149 kmby 29 October6 days earlier

Where to buy tulip for planting in Pau

Planting stock goes into the ground by 4 November; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Pau OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 6 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 7 markets and 12 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant tulips in Pau?

In Pau, tulip: plant by 4 November. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

When is the last spring frost in Pau?

Last spring frost around 12 March, first autumn frost around 4 December.

Other crops in Pau, with their dates