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When to plant tulips in Reggio Calabria: by 19 November

In Reggio Calabria, tulip: plant by 19 November. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

Tulip in Reggio Calabria: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 4.6 °C.

Plantingby 19 November
First autumn frost19 December
Coldest nightsJanuary, 4.6 °C
Soil back at 7 °C in springalready in the first week of January
Daylight10:01 on 19 November
Daylight at the winter solstice9:31

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

Tulip in Reggio Calabria: 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 Reggio Calabria the average daily temperature stays at 10 °C or lower for about 16 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 Reggio Calabria the three warmest months bring about 97 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 Reggio Calabria, Potenza is 24 days earlier and Palermo 4 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Cosenza142 km31 October – end of December19 days earlier
Palermo200 km23 November – end of December4 days later
Potenza282 km26 October – end of December24 days earlier
Salerno295 kmby 11 November8 days earlier
Lecce330 kmby 28 October22 days earlier
Foggia373 kmby 20 November1 day later

Where to buy tulip for planting in Reggio Calabria

Planting stock goes into the ground by 19 November; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Reggio Calabria OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres and 8 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant tulips in Reggio Calabria?

In Reggio Calabria, tulip: plant by 19 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 Reggio Calabria?

Last spring frost around 27 February, first autumn frost around 19 December.

Other crops in Reggio Calabria, with their dates