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

Take cuttings during late summer and placed on a misting bench.

Culture
The richer the soil is the faster and larger the tree will grow and it is Phytophthora resistant.

When pruning train to a single leader to form a tree habit, and regular tip pruning when young, will form a low dense shrubby habit.  Plant may also be trimmed regularly to form a formal hedge.

Botanic information
Leaf: The leathery texture leaf is variable from ovate to obovate up to 30 mm (1⅛ in) wide and is glossy green on the upper surface and dull green below. The apex is short acuminate and the base is cuneate.

Flower: The campanulate flowers have a short pedicle with bell shaped calix with up to 6-rounded lobes. The 6-rounded white to yellow petals fall as the flower develops with a mass of white-cream stamens that are arranged in whorls. Flowers appear in a panicle at the branch tips from late spring to early summer.

Fruit: The purple to red oval berry is up to 15 mm (⅝ in) wide and crowned by the persistent calyx rim. It has a fleshy outer coat and is sweet to taste when ripe. It contains a solitary viable seed but the plant is commonly reproduced vegetatively.