Propagation
The seeds require a warm period of 3 months then stratified prior to sowing during spring.

Take soft tip cuttings of non-flowering shoots during spring and semi hardwood cuttings during summer.

Culture
Dogwoods prefer a slightly acidic soils and protection from strong drying winds with the roots kept moist and cool. Generally Dogwoods require little pruning and the tree species may have the crown lifted revealing the trunk.

Botanic information
Leaf: The mid-green leaves are ovate to oval-elliptical and has a short petiole and an acuminate apex. This is the only species in the genus that has alternately arranged leaves and the the leaves turn red to purple before falling in autumn. 

Flower: The tiny creamy-white stellate flowers have 4-calyx lobes and are arranged in a flattered terminal cyme that is up to 50mm (2in) wide. They appear during early summer.

Fruit: The drupes are green maturing to blue-black and are arranged on terminal red stalk. The seeds are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.