Propagation
Take semi hardwood cuttings from summer to autumn, including a heel from the main branch. Remove a branchlet from the main stem by cutting or tearing and include a piece of stem bark. Strip lower leaves and wilting tips with a sharp knife and insert cuttings 25mm (1in) into the media then place in cold frame.

General pruning information
This plant requires little pruning as it maintains a compact habit. Prostrate species may be lightly trimmed to contain but avoid cutting back to old wood, as it will not regenerate.


Botanic information
Leaf: The juvenile leaves are awl shaped pointing upwards with an obvious mid-rib. It has depressed glands on the reverse. The adult leaves are scale-like and are pressed close to the stem and the foliage smells like cat urine when crushed.

Flower: The small male flowers are united into an oblong catkin-like cone and the female flowers have up to 8-valvate scales that contain 1 to 2 ovules and are arranged on a short lateral branche.

Note
Gymnosperm produces unprotected ovules on the megasporophylls, which are normally arranged in cones.

Fruit: The female cones are irregular ovoid appearing berry- like. They have 4 to 6 scales per cone. The seeds are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.