Propagation
Sow fresh seed during spring and maintain a temperature of 10ş to 13ş C. (50ş to 55ş F).

Take cuttings from a spring to summer.

Note:
Care should be taken when selecting a site, allowing ample room for it to grow as it has vigorous invasive roots that can lift concrete and block drains.As the tree grows it sheds the lower branches.


Botanic information
Leaf: The leaves are elliptical to linear with parallel veins and petiolate. They are thick glossy dark green on the top and paler on the underside. The young foliage is pale yellow.

Flower: The male and female strobili appear on the same tree and are wind pollinated. The male cylindrical strobili are arranged in the leaf axils and the large egg-shaped to globular female cones are arranged spirally with overlapping scales. They appear from late winter to early spring.

Fruit: The globular to cylindrical female cones are stalked and has 300 to 450 scales. Each scale contains a single seeds with a wing up to 30mm (1?in)long.