Propagation
Take soft tip cuttings of non-flowering shoots during the growing period. Bottom heat may encourage fast root development.

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

Botanic information
Leaf: The mid-green thickish texture ovate to lanceolate leaves have margins that may be serrate or irregularly lobed.

Flower: The tubulate flowers have 5-sepals and a split tubular corolla consisting of 5-petals that are spread out like a fan. They appear profusely in the leaf axils in a cluster on the upper part of the stem and vary in size from spring to summer.

Fruit: The fleshy, dark-blue to purple drupe normally contains two seeds. The small seeds are viable but the plant is commonly reproduced vegetatively to maintain true to type.