Propagation
Surface sow fresh seed during spring and place in a warm environment and keep moist.  Prick out seedlings when large enough to handle and pot up. 

Culture
This plant is resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi.

Botanic information
Leaf: The juvenile leaves are oblong and arranged oppositely .The adult foliage is lanceolate and is coppery red at first then maturing to green.

Flower: The flowers have 5-petals that are discarded and 5-persistent sepals with numerous exserted stamens that are arranged in a whorl. The flowers are arranged in a corymbose cyme that appears during early summer. 

Fruit: The 5-ribbed ovoid capsule ends with 5-short ribs at the rim and contains numerous tiny seeds.