Propagation
Sow fresh seed during spring and maintain a temperature of 16ş to 18ş C. (61ş to 64ş F).

Take hardwood cuttings during winter and semi hardwood cuttings during spring.

Culture
It may be trained into a small tree or kept low with an annual prune that encourages more flowers. Pruning should take place during winter, when the tree is dormant by cutting back on previous season`s growth with a short stub that consists of two or three nodes.


Botanic information
Leaf: The leaves are elliptical to oblong with an acute apex and a rounded base that has a tiny petiole appearing sessile. The upper surface is glabrous and the mid-rib on the underside is pilose. During autumn the leaves turn yellow and orange before falling.
Note
The small solitary buds are sessile, oblong with 2-ciliate scales and are appressed along the twigs.

Flower: The rotate flowers have 6-crinkley petals and are arranged in a terminal panicle that is up to 200mm (8in) long. The colour varies from pink, red to purple and white. They appear during summer.

Fruit: The spherical woody capsule is dehiscent and has 6-valves and contains small winged seeds. It turns brown and persists through out winter. The seeds are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.