i've been thinking of buying some seeds but before i do, will it even grow here? i'm thinking it will be better up north.

if you can regulate the temperature why not. swim imagines it wouldn't take much considering the region where its from is anything but an extreme environment.

so your saying like a greenhouse or something?

no not at all but grow inside to replicate its natural habitat. desmanthus illinois grows in the upper midwestern part of the US so swim imagines its a pretty tolerable plnat.