When can I plant tulips?
We live up in Northern California when can I plant tulips.
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Hi there, the information I am giving is from a gardener in Northern California who sells and plants bulbs.
SOME BULBS – SUCH AS TULIPS AND HYACINTHS – NEED TO BE CHILLED before planting in Northern California. That re-sets their biological clock and cues the bloom cycle. In areas with snowy winters, these bulbs get chilled in the ground. In Sacramento, they need to spend six weeks in the refrigerator before fall planting. While the bulbs are chilling, avoid keeping apples or pears in the refrigerator; those fruits emit a gas that can rot the bulbs.
▪ PLANT SPRING-BLOOMING BULBS IN FALL, SEPTEMBER TO EARLY DECEMBER. If possible, stagger the plantings over three or four weeks to extend the bloom season next spring. Bulbs will bloom in March or April.
The same time you can buy them. So call your local nursery and ask when they expect to get some tulip bulbs in. That is the ideal time to plant them.