Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow!
According to the Thompson & Morgan Seed Germination Database it wants to be sown shallowly but covered in peat based soil mix .. soil temperatures in the mid to upper 70's. Can take 1 - 6 months to germinate.
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