When to plant tulips in Ústí nad Labem: 13 October – 10 December

In Ústí nad Labem, tulip: plant from 13 October to about 10 December. For planting stock, the places nearby include Zahradnické centrum Teplice (garden centre, 14 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 Ústí nad Labem: soil, season and weather

Nights then average below 0 °C in December–March; the coldest, January, averages -3.5 °C.

Planting	13 October – 10 December
First autumn frost	12 November
Coldest nights	January, -3.5 °C
Soil back at 7 °C in spring	5 April
Daylight	10:55 on 13 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	7:58

The same dates in Ústí nad Labem hold for Garlic, Daffodil, Crocus and Hyacinth.

Tulip in Ústí nad Labem: 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 Ústí nad Labem the average daily temperature stays at 10 °C or lower for about 29 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 Ústí nad Labem the three warmest months bring about 254 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 Ústí nad Labem, Liberec is 11 days earlier and Dresden 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Dresden	48 km	19 October – end of December	6 days later
Prague	71 km	9 October – end of December	4 days earlier
Liberec	74 km	2 October – 7 December	11 days earlier
Plzeň	111 km	6 October – 30 December	7 days earlier
Leipzig	139 km	18 October – end of December	5 days later
Pardubice	142 km	11 October – end of December	2 days earlier

Where to buy tulip for planting in Ústí nad Labem

Planting stock goes into the ground from 13 October to about 10 December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Ústí nad Labem OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Zahradnické centrum Teplice — garden centre
Stanová 1998, 41501 · Mon–Sun 08:00–19:00 · 14 km · dvorakasyn.cz
Ústecká burza — market
4 km
Vacheria - farma Kletečná — farm shop
11 km

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