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When to plant tulips in Taganrog: 16 October – 19 December

In Taganrog, tulip: plant from 16 October to about 19 December. For planting stock, the places nearby include Vitamin (farm shop, 2 km) and Мир удобрений (garden centre, 8 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 Taganrog: soil, season and weather

Nights then average below 0 °C in December–February; the coldest, January, averages -3.3 °C.

Planting16 October – 19 December
First autumn frost15 November
Coldest nightsJanuary, -3.3 °C
Soil back at 7 °C in spring29 March
Daylight10:53 on 16 October
Daylight at the winter solstice8:29

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

Tulip in Taganrog: 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 Taganrog 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 Taganrog 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 Taganrog, Pavlohrad is 9 days earlier and Novorossiysk 11 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Rostov-on-Don61 km10 October – 9 December6 days earlier
Krasnodar245 km19 October – end of December3 days later
Pavlohrad268 km7 October – 7 December9 days earlier
Zaporizhzhia291 km13 October – 20 December3 days earlier
Novorossiysk293 km27 October – end of December11 days later
Dnipro318 km9 October – 12 December7 days earlier

Where to buy tulip for planting in Taganrog

Planting stock goes into the ground from 16 October to about 19 December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Taganrog OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 6 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant tulips in Taganrog?

In Taganrog, tulip: plant from 16 October to about 19 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 Taganrog?

Last spring frost around 27 March, first autumn frost around 15 November.

Other crops in Taganrog, with their dates