Propagation
Sow fresh seed when ripe in a prepared bed or stratify before sowing.

Take soft tip cuttings of non-flowering shoots during early summer.

Note:
Avoid pruning during winter or early spring as the oozing sap may encourage fungal disease. When used as a cut flower cut back stem to the nearest node on the stem.


Botanic information
Leaf: The dark green leaveas are broad elliptical to ovate with sharply serrated margins and an acuminate apex. The base tends to be cordate and its petiole up to 25mm (1in) long. During early autumn the leaves turn a brilliant orange-red before falling and are a feature the plant.

Flower: The pail pink 5-petteled crateriform flowers have deep pink stamens and are arranged in an axillary umbel, towards the end of the branches. They appear in early to mid spring and are an attractive feature of the plant.

Fruit: The dark purple drupe is fleshy with a single hard centre (stone) pea size seed that is viable. The seeds are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.