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When to plant tulips in Ulan-Ude: 30 August – 7 October

In Ulan-Ude, tulip: plant from 30 August to about 7 October. For planting stock, the places nearby include Сагаан Дали (farm shop, 6 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 Ulan-Ude: soil, season and weather

Nights then average below 0 °C in October–April; the coldest, January, averages -25.4 °C.

Planting30 August – 7 October
First autumn frost29 September
Coldest nightsJanuary, -25.4 °C
Soil back at 7 °C in spring3 May
Daylight13:45 on 30 August
Daylight at the winter solstice7:46

The same dates in Ulan-Ude hold for Garlic, Daffodil, Crocus and Hyacinth.

Tulip in Ulan-Ude: 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 Ulan-Ude the average daily temperature stays at 10 °C or lower for about 33 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 Ulan-Ude the three warmest months bring about 173 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 Ulan-Ude, Chita is 6 days earlier and Blagoveshchensk 4 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Irkutsk231 km31 August – 8 October1 day later
Chita404 km24 August – 3 October6 days earlier
Krasnoyarsk1,069 km28 August – 7 October2 days earlier
Novokuznetsk1,387 km31 August – 10 October1 day later
Blagoveshchensk1,399 km3 September – 9 October4 days later
Kemerovo1,465 km27 August – 8 October3 days earlier

Where to buy tulip for planting in Ulan-Ude

Planting stock goes into the ground from 30 August to about 7 October; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Ulan-Ude OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant tulips in Ulan-Ude?

In Ulan-Ude, tulip: plant from 30 August to about 7 October. 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 Ulan-Ude?

Last spring frost around 13 May, first autumn frost around 29 September.

Other crops in Ulan-Ude, with their dates