Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I am not an expert, I just like gardening and have grown many plants from seed. I love lilacs, but few varieties grow in my Zone 9 bordering Zone 10 area. I accidentally purchased these without reading the fine print. There are only a few lilacs (that I've heard of) that grow in warm climate and for some unknown reason I mistakenly thought these might. When these seeds arrived I looked them up and realized my error. But, since they were here I figured I'd see if I could get them to germinate. The seeds came inside a plastic bag and looked wispy like the seeds of a pine cone, but smaller. I didn't count the package contents but they looked to be in the ball park of 25. There were no instructions in the package so I searched the web for help. Most articles said that Japanese lilac tree seeds require cold stratification. One article I found said it depended on when the seeds were harvested. In short, most of the information I found led me to believe that these seed might be hard to grow. Anyway, I finally decided to go with the Q&A answer by the Amazon seller Carolina Seed Co. They said these seeds didn't need cold stratification. I didn't have much hope of getting one started and I almost gave up, but finally at nine weeks I got one out of two to germinate. How? I started them in small jiffy pots on kitchen windowsill in a 50/50 mix of seed starter and potting soil. After week four with no sprouts I moved one outside under a porch eve and watered it approx. 3 times a week, letting it dry out a bit. I live in Zone 9b and the March temps have been warmer than usual this year, varying btw 70s/50s and 80s/60s. Four weeks later, the outside seed sprouted. FYI, the indoor seed was misted daily and kept moist at 72-75 F; it hasn't sprouted. So, while I'm not placing any bets on how long I will keep this little sprout alive I did want to share this information because there were not many reviews with successful germination.