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When to plant tulips in Sochi: by 14 November

In Sochi, tulip: plant by 14 November. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

Tulip in Sochi: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 3.5 °C.

Plantingby 14 November
First autumn frost14 December
Coldest nightsJanuary, 3.5 °C
Soil back at 7 °C in springalready in the first week of January
Daylight9:44 on 14 November
Daylight at the winter solstice8:56

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

Tulip in Sochi: 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 Sochi 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 Sochi the three warmest months bring about 303 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 Sochi, Stavropol is 43 days earlier and Kutaisi 6 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Krasnodar171 km19 October – end of December26 days earlier
Novorossiysk201 km27 October – end of December18 days earlier
Stavropol240 km2 October – 7 December43 days earlier
Batumi269 kmby 13 November1 day earlier
Kutaisi284 km20 November – end of December6 days later
Trabzon288 kmby 13 November1 day earlier

Where to buy tulip for planting in Sochi

Planting stock goes into the ground by 14 November; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Sochi OpenStreetMap lists 10 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant tulips in Sochi?

In Sochi, tulip: plant by 14 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 Sochi?

Last spring frost around 27 February, first autumn frost around 14 December.

Other crops in Sochi, with their dates