From the Link provided by Steph :
"Desmodium illinoense , Slow germinator - up to a year or more. Store
seeds in layers of moist sand in the shade. Check seeds regularly in
the spring, and sow them all as soon as radicles appear "
As a matter of interetst just what are Radicles ?
Thanks
Phil
I was intrigued to find out what Desmodium looked like, so I did a search
and came up with this link that deals with the germination
http://tomclothier.hort.net/page03.html
Hope this helps
Steph Power
"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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I have managed to germinate some Desmodium seeds, the plant was in a
garden of a very keen gardener and I kept the flowers until they turned
into proper seed cases and then left them on a window sill to eventually
dry and then split open.
Very strange seeds, they are in a seed case like a leguminous plant but
when the seed case splits they look like the seeds of a dandelion!
Anemophilis?
What should I now do with them? Heat. Cold, moderate cold?