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When to plant tulips in Santa Fe (United States): 26 September – 11 December

In Santa Fe (United States), tulip: plant from 26 September to about 11 December. For planting stock, the places nearby include Sabo Botanicals (garden centre, 0 km) and Payne’s North (garden centre, 2 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

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 Santa Fe (United States): soil, season and weather

Nights then average below 0 °C in November–February; the coldest, January, averages -6.8 °C.

Planting26 September – 11 December
First autumn frost26 October
Coldest nightsJanuary, -6.8 °C
Soil back at 7 °C in spring11 March
Daylight12:02 on 26 September
Daylight at the winter solstice9:44

The same dates in Santa Fe (United States) hold for Garlic, Daffodil, Crocus and Hyacinth.

Tulip in Santa Fe (United States): 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 Santa Fe (United States) the average daily temperature stays at 10 °C or lower for about 24 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 Santa Fe (United States) the three warmest months bring about 96 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 Santa Fe (United States), Denver is 11 days earlier and Ciudad Juárez 40 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Albuquerque94 km10 October – end of December14 days later
Pueblo309 km28 September – end of December2 days later
Las Cruces384 kmby 25 October29 days later
Grand Junction444 km27 September – 7 December1 day later
Ciudad Juárez447 kmby 5 November40 days later
Denver458 km15 September – 14 December11 days earlier

Where to buy tulip for planting in Santa Fe (United States)

Planting stock goes into the ground from 26 September to about 11 December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Santa Fe (United States) OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 4 plant nurseries and 3 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant tulips in Santa Fe (United States)?

In Santa Fe (United States), tulip: plant from 26 September to about 11 December. 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 Santa Fe (United States)?

Last spring frost around 20 April, first autumn frost around 26 October.

Other crops in Santa Fe (United States), with their dates