Propagation
Take soft tip cuttings during spring for the species and the cultivars.

Sow fresh seed from spring to summer in a well drained media and keep moist. 

Botanic information
Leaf: The bright green leaves are rough to touch (scabrous) and are ovate to broad-ovate with an abruptly acuminate apex and a short petiole. The pale green undersides are hairy and have a strong odour when crushed. Care should be taken as foliage is poisonous to stock and humans.

Flower: The small salverform flowers are arranged in a condensed umbellate spike that is up to 30mm (1⅛in) wide. The colour ranges from mauve, pink or oranges and yellows and the flowering season extends from spring to late autumn.

Fruit: The globular fleshy drupe is green maturing to black and is arranged in clusters of 1 to 20 and maturing in late summer. The seeds normally have a 50% viability rate and are widely dispersed by birds. The cultivars are mainly sterile and produce no seed.