When to plant tulips in Vladikavkaz: 22 September – 23 November

In Vladikavkaz, tulip: plant from 22 September to about 23 November.

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 Vladikavkaz: soil, season and weather

Nights then average below 0 °C in November–March; the coldest, January, averages -7.3 °C.

Planting	22 September – 23 November
First autumn frost	22 October
Coldest nights	January, -7.3 °C
Soil back at 7 °C in spring	5 April
Daylight	12:12 on 22 September
Daylight at the winter solstice	9:00

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

Tulip in Vladikavkaz: 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 Vladikavkaz the average daily temperature stays at 10 °C or lower for about 30 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 Vladikavkaz the three warmest months bring about 401 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 Vladikavkaz, Vanadzor is 27 days earlier and Kutaisi 59 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nalchik	99 km	4 October – 19 December	12 days later
Tbilisi	147 km	16 October – end of December	24 days later
Kutaisi	182 km	20 November – end of December	59 days later
Makhachkala	230 km	10 November – end of December	49 days later
Vanadzor	248 km	26 August – 29 October	27 days earlier
Gyumri	259 km	20 September – 23 November	2 days earlier

Where to buy tulip for planting in Vladikavkaz

Planting stock goes into the ground from 22 September to about 23 November; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Vladikavkaz OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 11 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

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