We run a fall corn maze and are looking into opening up for a spring flower picking event. We are in Zone 8B in southeast Alabama and have had an unseasonably warm winter so far (maybe 3 days below freezing, most days 70+ degrees). I would like to plant zinnias, sunflowers, and wildflowers so that we have blooms for flower cutting the last week of April and first week or so of May/Mother's Day (actually April 22 but I think that may be pushing a little too much). We have underground irrigation if needed. When would you advise planting the zinnias to potentially best hit this window? Is it even possible?
We run a fall corn maze and are looking into opening up for a spring flower picking event. We are in Zone 8B in southeast Alabama and have had an unseasonably warm winter so far (maybe 3 days below freezing, most days 70+ degrees). I would like to plant zinnias, sunflowers, and wildflowers so that we have blooms for flower cutting the last week of April and first week or so of May/Mother's Day (actually April 22 but I think that may be pushing a little too much). We have underground irrigation if needed. When would you advise planting the zinnias to potentially best hit this window? Is it even possible?