Hi Kt,
I was hoping someone who has grown these would of answered you. I hate to see your question go so long without a response. I have the seeds, but have not grown any yet. As far as I know they should be easy to start from seed.
I do know the instructions say to surface sow the seeds barely covering. Seeds like that I sort of fluff the soil with a fork and shake the seeds on top. They also need light and regular room temps to germinate . I know this is odd, but do you think your milk coating(is it sticking to the seed?) could be inhibiting the germination since they need light?
I know that many flowers grown together will eventually have a dominant color take over so this could be true of Livingston Daisies also.
Remy

Hello Remy,

I don't have any trouble planting and germinating seeds that I buy; but I would like to collect the seeds from the particular plants that have colors I especially like. I have collected livingston daisy seeds from favorite plants and dried them before, and those are the ones that have not germinated.

I collect and save lots of seeds from many other favorite plants, and have pretty good luck with most. I was wondering if there is any special condition peculiar to livingston daisy seeds that I am not aware of. (ie some seeds have to be frozen for a time)

I always store saved dried seeds in paper envelopes, and the envelopes in a ziploc bag with a bit of powdered milk. The powdered milk never comes in contact with the seeds. It acts as a drying agent to help preserve the seeds (like silica gel packets stored with leather, etc).

I have never kept my seeds in the refrigerator; perhaps I'll try that this year.

Thanks for your response!
Kt