Propagation
Surface sow fresh seed during spring and prick out when large enough to handle. Pot up into a well drained media.
Take semi hardwood cuttings from summer to autumn and maintain a warm humid environment.
General pruning information
This plant will not regenerate from a hard prune into old wood but respond from a light trim directly after flowering.
Botanic information
Leaf: The sessile obovate leaves are up to 8 mm (? in) wide and are glaucous green on both sides. They have an acute apex that is pointed and the texture is leathery.
Flower: The rotate flower has 5-free obovate white petals with undulating margins and appear solitary and profusely in the upper leaf axils during early spring.
Fruit: The woody capsules has two or more compartments that open from the top and the persistent 5-lobed calyx is attached at the base. The seeds are not retained and are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.