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When to plant tulips in Quimper: by 9 November

In Quimper, tulip: plant by 9 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 La Ferme de Locmaria (magasin de producteurs) (farm shop, 2 km) and Les Vergers de Kermao (farm shop, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tulip in Quimper: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 4.3 °C.

Plantingby 9 November
First autumn frost9 December
Coldest nightsJanuary, 4.3 °C
Soil back at 7 °C in springalready in the first week of January
Daylight9:34 on 9 November
Daylight at the winter solstice8:22

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

Tulip in Quimper: 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 Quimper the average daily temperature stays at 10 °C or lower for about 20 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 Quimper the three warmest months bring about 216 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 Quimper, Angers is 12 days earlier and Brest (France) 4 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Brest (France)52 kmby 13 November4 days later
Rennes180 kmby 29 October11 days earlier
Nantes210 kmby 30 October10 days earlier
Angers272 kmby 28 October12 days earlier
La Rochelle303 kmby 12 November3 days later
Caen305 kmby 5 November4 days earlier

Where to buy tulip for planting in Quimper

Planting stock goes into the ground by 9 November; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Quimper OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 7 markets and 12 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant tulips in Quimper?

In Quimper, tulip: plant by 9 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 Quimper?

Last spring frost around 8 March, first autumn frost around 9 December.

Other crops in Quimper, with their dates