Propagation
Take semi-hardwood cuttings from summer to autumn, including a heel from the main branch. Remove a branchlet from the main stem by cutting or tearing; include a piece of stem bark.

Strip lower leaves and wilting tips with a sharp knife the insert cuttings 25mm (1in) into the media, place in cold frame.

Sow seed when ripe during autumn in pots and place in a cold frame to germinate which may take up to 5 years.

General pruning information
This plant require little pruning as it maintains a compact habit. Prostrate species may be lightly trimmed to contain but avoid cutting back to old wood, as it will not regenerate.


Botanic information
Leaf: The tiny scale leaves have an acute apex and are closely appressed along the stems. The underside has glands and the colour varies from yellow to grey green or dark green.

Flower: The small yellowish male flowers are united into an oblong catkin-like cone and the female flowers are composed of up to 8 valvate spreading scales that contain 1 to 2 ovules. They appear during spring on different trees.

Fruit: The small globose fleshy cone is glaucous with a thin skin and matures in 2-years. Each cone contains 1 to 2 hard coated grooved seeds. The seeds are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively in order to maintain true to type.