Lunaria seed- will these germinate?

ampersand

Picked up a rain battered sprig of purple lunaria yesterday.

Will the seeds germinate even though not yet at the dead-drop stage? They are fullsize, look fully formed, but in no way dried out.

atm they're in water awaiting msers' advice, please:D.

ampersand

Bumping....

meanmarie

ampersand....would give it a try....I have some at the front of the house andI know that I didn't sow them so they seem to be pretty easy to grow....good luck,

Marie

ampersand

Thankyou mm - oh, have just seen where you are. I'll just start flapping my little mind wings and cross the water.
Shall I just put each little 4-seed disc in a pot?/undo the 'pods' and sew the seed separately? Although as you say, yours just do it themselves, but that is probably down to them dropping when Nature intended.
Might just bury them lightly in garden.Dr H says 10>14 days' germination time, but I'm away for a while next week, hence being a bit more quandaryish than usual. I won't necessarily be here when any next stage is due.

Zazen999

ampersand.
have you thought of joining a gardening forum?

Davesnave

I would let them dry while you are on holiday, then they will come apart easily & you will see if the seeds look fully formed. They probably will be by now. Then sow them, either outside or in a pot. They transplant OK when small.

ampersand

Thankyou Zazen, but mse's enough for me - my one-stop shop, if you like.
Shall go with your advice Davesnave, for which many thanks.
Just found this, too:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/3308038/How-to-grow-Honesty.html

Davesnave

Carol missed one off. I have the rare Lunaria annua 'purpurea,' which doesn't exist if you Google it! That's what I call it anyway.This has leaves heavily blotched with purple, that become almost metallic. In fact I'm glad you reminded me because the blooming things are in an ice cream tub somewhere at the bottom of my 'seed fridge' and they need sowing!

If anyone knows what this is really called, I'd be grateful.

ampersand

Your description of those leaves is exactly like these seed discs.
I'll try and find out.