Propagation
Take soft tip in spring or semi hardwood cuttings from autumn to winter; place both types in a cool humid position.

Sow fresh seeds during spring and maintain a warm humid environment. The seedlings may be of inferior quality and colour.

Culture
It must be keep moist during summer in a wind protected position. It can also be clipped regularly to form an in a formal hedge and tolerates a hard prune to revigorate older plants.

Botanic information
Leaf: The leaves are ovate to oblong with a coarsely serrate margin and leathery texture. The apex is acuminate and has a cuneate base, with a petiole up to 50mm (2in) long. Many cultivars are dark green with yellow or cream blotches.

Flower: The green to purple male flowers are arranged in a terminal corymbose panicle; the female flowers are arranged axillary. The conical small brown buds are imbricate, terminal and slightly pubescent appearing in the leaf axils during spring.

Fruit: The berry-like one seeded drupe is green, ripening to scarlet during autumn and is up to 10 mm (⅜ in) wide, and is persists on the plant. The small seeds are viable but the plant is commonly reproduced vegetatively. A male and female plant is required to guarantee fruiting.