Propagation
Surface sow fresh seeds during spring in a well-drained media, and maintain a temperature of 16º to 18º C. (61º to 64º F). Prick out and pot up when they are large enough to handle.

Take cuttings of non-flowering shoots during late spring to early summer.

General pruning information
To maintain a bushy habit cut back just behind the spent flowers to a node. Be careful not to prune too hard into old wood as this may cause dieback. If an old plant becomes leggy it may be cut back to ground level, where it will rejuvenate.

Botanic information
Leaf: The mid-green linear leaves are perpendicular to the stem and the new growth is silvery grey. The apex is acute with a sharp point and the texture is thick and leathery.

Flower: The cyathiform flowers vary from cream to yellow and some cultivars are red. They have a short calyx tube with 5-small deciduous calyx lobes and 5-rounded petals with numerous exserted stamens that are arranged in a whorl. They are arranged in a cylindrical spike that appears during early summer.

Fruit: The globular capsule is persistent on the plant and contains many fine seeds. The seeds are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.