When In St. Louis Do Tulips Bloom?

Tulip bloom time in Missouri depends on the weather and can be 15 weeks after starting tulip from seed or 70 days after planting. Other flowers that bloom in Missouri include daylilies, lilies, black locusts, mock oranges, tulips, giant onions, snowbells, astilbes, tickseeds, St. John’s worts, thyme, shata daisies, beebalms, balloon flowers, and bellflowers. When growing tulips as perennials, remove spent flower stems after bloom to prevent seeding but not until foliage yellows.

To ensure vibrant spring blooms, plant tulip bulbs in Missouri during the fall, approximately 6-8 weeks before the first fall frost. The work to prepare beautiful tulips doesn’t begin with the new year; beds are prepped and bulbs are planted back in the fall. Forest Park Forever team members plant tulip bulbs and other plants, including daffodils, tulips, hyacinth, blooming apple trees, magnolias, and more.

The Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis is awash in spring’s favorite hues, with many outdoor plants beginning to bloom in February and early March. The season begins with snowdrops and winter aconites in February, followed by crocuses, scillas, chionodoxas, daffodils in March, hyacinths, and tulips in April.

Tulips blossom during spring, mainly in April and May, and will rebloom the following year. Horticulture staff and volunteers at the Missouri Botanical Garden plant some 80,000 tulip bulbs in the fall to ensure a display like this in the garden.