Less than 1% germination! :/
919582
This is one of the only negative reviews I've done after years on Amazon! I am an avid gardener and I start most of my own vegetables and flowers indoors.  I have a semi-professional set-up for seed starting. Out of the entire packet, I only had 5 seeds that germinated, compared to a packet of rare red geraniums from another company from which I had 98% germination! When I do seedlings I do not waste ANY.  I plant two to a 1" square and if both of them germinate I gently move the 2nd plant to another container rather than snipping it out.  All that to say, I only had 5 of these seeds even come up! SO disappointed, as I love the look of this flower :/ Maybe I just had a bad pack, but even so it's sad.
889682
Very few germinated - They are still only about an inch high, as well.  I'm disappointed and would not purchase this again.
4166739
Whomever is doing the counting for "100 seeds" needs to be taught how to count again.  Some packets were way under this amount - more like 10 total seeds... We have these seeds planted in a greenhouse alongside seeds we bought from other vendors.  These seeds have not sprouted yet and the rest of the seeds in the greenhouse have sprouted fine.  I'm beginning to think these seeds are all going to be a dud.
2756851
Almost 100% germination rate.  But when mine flowered they were all light pink, not the bright rich pink in the picture.
1652621
I was surprised that 90% germinated. They are in the greenhouse now and lets see what they do in a couple of weeks :)
2529966
The seeds are not as good as I hoped. The seeds do not germinate 100% but 70% to 90%. Probably I got a bad batch.
876652
Giving these a four star rating, because it could just be my inexperience with these things that lead to such poor results.
In the best climate and grow-light controlled conditions that I could create, these took about 8 weeks to germinate.  Once they get their dicots up they then grow about as fast as they germinated... could be I just don't know what I'm doing, I've got some inside in controlled conditions and some outside and they are all doing the same exact thing - growing super slow and the leaves have all turned red.  We are coming on week 10 and only a few have gotten past dicots to their first leaf pair starting.... is this normal?  I don't know, but this is my experience.
2873151
I sowed using this type of grass seeds a few times this spring in multiple spots in lawn. NOTHING sprouted. NOTHING. Something is wrong with the germination rate.
3868949
I really like the idea of this and had high, high hopes. so far with their growing medium, and heat pad to keep the soil at 75-80 deg, south facing window, and a grow light bank (neither of which helps germination, but still had hopes) i have had exactly one weak seedling sprout.

I just after 10+ weeks stirred up the other seeds and they are fully intact and not germinated or sprouted in any way.

Save your money...
1513689
3 of the seeds germinated out of the 12 sent, was hoping for more plants, wrote to company and just said these seeds are hard to germinate.  Kinda wish I had known that before hand.
4965427
I am very disappointed with the germination rate with most of these seed varieties. In our trials only the Martha Stewart brand did worse. Surprisingly the 25 cents a pack seeds from Dollar Tree had a very good germination rate. Best performance from all points of view was the Stover brand. They also had a lot of useful information printed on the packet. Next year we will only use Stover and those from Dollar Tree - their spinach and wild flowers are excellent. I think that Ohio Heirloom Seeds should take the trouble of printing more information on their labels. I checked their listings on Amazon for best plantings times, spacing etc. but it was still incomplete. Jiffy seed compost was used for all the trials and the weather conditions in Southern Arizona have been perfect this Spring. The raised beds all used the the same medium. I will use the remaining seeds in the Fall and update these comments if I have more success but for the time being I cannot recommend them.
2396268
planted them on the day I got them, 1 month exactly today, but nothing yet. I'm kind of bummed out because I was so hoping to have them early enough to start indoors for my outdoor beds later this spring. I won't give up on them yet, I know that some seeds take longer than others and will keep doting on them.
2622158
Bought these seeds awhile back and only got 2/10 seeds to germinate. Lemon balm is easily grown from seeds but these ones seem to have a low germination rate. YMMV.
1408314
I've bought a total of 100 Carolina reaper seeds from you from the first 50, 3 seeds germinated. From the second half 0 but I'm goibg to give it another week and hope I get a better germination rate than before. Every other seed I bought from you are amazing and have like a 80%+ germination rate
1790319
Not one seed has sprouted! I planted in peat moss tray, nothing. Tried germination in water soil, nothing. Very disappointing for my animals,wallet and yard!!!!
2232408
The seeds arrived quickly and were smaller than I expected, but I was excited to try them out.

However, either the seeds were bad, or the directions they sent for planting were bad, because I followed the directions and not a single seed grew, or even seems to have germinated after over 6 weeks.

The directions they sent after my purchase were:

"Stored seed should be pre-soaked for 24 hours in warm water then sown in a
cold frame. If the seed has not swollen then scarify it and re-soak for
another 12 hours before sowing. Germination usually takes place within 2 - 3
weeks at 74 degrees.  As soon as they are large enough to handle, prick the
seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in a greenhouse for at
least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in
late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts."

I can't even plant them outside for their first YEAR?  Don't they think this is something that the description should have stated BEFORE I bought the seeds?

Okay.... Fine.... whatever.... I revised my plan for planting outside this year and prepped a place for them to winter inside by the windows.

I then followed the provided directions for planting... but none grew, so I contacted them, unsure if the planting method was wrong, or something was wrong with the seeds, because I dug one pot up, and the seeds don't even seem to have germinated.  Not ONE out of 100 in over six weeks.

The first email I received was a terse note stating "This is a nature of seeds - you grow from seeds on your own risk." and "We do not take any responsibility on germination rate or germination time."  And several other similar statements.  This, despite not having that clearly anywhere on the description of their items, and not even in their policies listed on Amazon.

All I was looking for was some help finding out why NONE of the seeds grew, and I told them so.

Then they sent an email with "I have heard from other customers, that they soaked the seeds for 4 weeks and the seeds would germinate during the soaking process."  and  "Try soaking them longer and do not cover them when planting in soil. Alwaus surface plant so they get light and air. Just push them slightly onto the soil so they have contact"

THAT would have been nice to know!  So now I have no seeds, no plants, and not only wasted my money, but wasted SIX WEEKS of my time, and I am still not sure the seeds were not bad to start with.
505945
I purchased these seeds, obviously, to try and grow a miniature giant redwood tree. Sadly, none of the fifty seeds sprouted into a tree. It has been several months since I planted them and nothing has grown. Keep in mind, that Giant Redwoods have a very small germination percentage. As another reviewer mentioned, they come with very little information on how to properly plant them. That being said, I do recommend that you at least try these seeds. Another reviewer said that he was able to grow trees from these seeds. With such a great price, I would recommend buying several packs of these seeds and at least try to grow a redwood.

I wanted to rate these seeds with three stars, however, Amazon will not let you change the number of stars you give a product.