Propagation
Soak seeds over night in hot water to soften the hard seed coat. They may be sown directly in a bed and germination will occur in 6 to 10 weeks.

Take soft tip cuttings during spring under glass house conditions. Tissue culture is also used to propagate this plant.

General pruning information
Lightly prune immediately after flowering to encourage a bushy habit and profuse increased flowering in the following season. Cutting back at other times during the year may cause dieback.
Cut flower but must have reasonable length of stem.


Botanic information
Leaf: The fragrant trifoliate leaves may be divided or undivided into 3 or more dark green leaflets. They are pubescent underneath and smooth above and have an acute apex.

Flower: The stellate flowers have 4-sepals and 4-petals with 8-stamens and some times are in a double form. They appear solitary in the leaf axils on a slender pedicle from winter to early spring. The persistent spent petals cover the seed box.

Fruit: The 4 locular capsule is red-brown and contains 2 or more minute seeds that are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.