Tulip

Tulip

Tulipa gesneriana

Plant outdoors 2 weeks before your first fall frost. Space plants 4 in (10 cm) apart.

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When to plant

Timed from your frost dates, so it holds wherever you garden. Give yours and every step below becomes a date.

See the dates for your garden

Enter your average last spring frost and first fall frost. Every timing on this site turns into a calendar date. Not sure of yours? Your local extension service or a search for “last frost date” and your town will tell you; the app finds them from your location.

Last spring frost
First fall frost

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Optimal Fall Bulb Planting

From bulbsRecommended
  1. Plant outdoors2 weeks before your first fall frost
  2. First bloomthe next spring, around your last spring frost

Growing tulip

Spacing in the row
4 in (10 cm)
Between rows
6 in (15 cm)
Planting depth
6-8 inches
Sun
Full Sun
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam
Harvest season
Spring (bloom)
Mature height
6-30 inches
Hardy to
USDA zone 3
Life cycle
Perennial

Plant bulbs pointed end up, at appropriate depth when soil temperatures are cool.

Watering. Water thoroughly after planting. Keep soil consistently moist during spring growth. Reduce watering after blooming.

Neighbours

The companion chart →

Grows well beside

Feeding

Growing
Bone meal or balanced bulb fertilizer at planting
How often
At planting only.
Note
Avoid high nitrogen fertilizers, which can promote foliage over flowers.

Your tulip, planned to the day.

Canopy turns these timings into dates from your own frost data, places every plant at its spacing on your garden map, and tracks it all the way to harvest.

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