Here's my first bloom on Epigaea repens, started from seed 2/15/10:

I germinated them the same as Azalea or Rhododendron.  Surface sow on an acidic mix, place the pot in a freezer bag, seal the bag, and place under fluorescents at around 60F.  A couple of months later, I transplanted into 3.5" pots, and grew them on in the greenhouse with part sun in the morning and shade in the afternoon.  They weren't hard to grow.

Seed from NARGS, 1/10, #1222.