Propagation
Surface sow fresh seed during spring and prick out when large enough to handle. Seedlings commonly are not true to type.

Division of established clumps or divide rhizomes with one or more rosette of leaves during autumn or after flowering. Place cuttings in a sand and peat mixture and keep moist, not wet.


Botanic information
Leaf: The glabrous leaves are obovate to obovate-elliptical up to 120 mm (4ľ in) wide. The underside is light green and the leaf texture is leathery. The apex is obtuse and the petiole is long.

Flower: The pinkish-red campanulate to rotate flowers are up to 25 mm (1 in) wide are nodding at first. They are arranged in a panicle-like cyme that is held above the foliage on a tall scape from late winter to early spring.

Fruit: The small capsule is 2- parted and contains numerous seeds that are viable but the plant is commonly reproduced vegetatively to maintain true to type.