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