Propagation
Stratify seeds and sow during spring in prepared beds.

Take soft tip cuttings of non-flowering shoots during late spring and semi hardwood cuttings during late summer.
Divide established clumps in spring. 

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 ovate to broad-lanceolate leaves have veins that arch towards the acuminate apex and has slightly serrated margins with a short reddish petiole. During autumn the leaves turn orange-red befor falling and are a feature of the plant.

Flower: The tiny stellate flowers have 4-calyx lobes and are arranged in a dense flat terminal cyme. This is surrounded by ovate shaped bracts that are white and appear from spring to summer.

Fruit: The compound fleshy berry-like drupe is white tinged in blue. The seeds are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.