Propagation
Stratify seeds for 2 to 3 months during winter and sow seeds in pots then place them in a cold frame.

Collect seeds before the fruit turns brown and sow into a prepared bed. Seeds may or may not require a cold period.

Take hardwood cuttings during winter.

Botanic information
Leaf: The dark green ovate leaves have greyish underside with downy veins. As the leaves mature they become pointed along the margins and the apex is acute. The base is rounded to slightly cordate and the petiole is short.

Flower: The pendant axillary male catkins are up to 70mm (2? in) long and the greenish globose female strobili are up to 25mm (1in) long. They appear during spring.

Fruit: The woody cone-like strobile is ovoid and contains winged nutlets that are up to 20mm (ľin) long. After realising the seeds the strobile is persistent on the plant till winter. The seeds are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.