Propagation
Surface sow fresh seed during spring and prick out when large enough to handle. Pot-up and grow all for one season and plant out after the last frost.

Take cuttings during the growing period.

Culture
General information on pruning.
This tree normally requires little pruning. The crown may be lifted or thinned and the branches should be cut back to the collar after flowering.

This plant is resistantto Phytophthora cinnamomi.


Botanic information
Leaf: The juvenile leaves are ovate and are arranged alternately. The mature leaves are lanceolate to linear with a conspicuous intermarginal vein and a short petiole. They have oil glands that are aromatic when crushed.

Flower: The small crateriform white flowers are arranged in groups of 10 to 14 in a sessile, axillary globular cluster that appears during spring.

Fruit: The small circular capsule has 3-valves and contains numerous tiny seeds.The seeds are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.