Propagation
Sow fresh seed and scarify by soaking in warm water for 24 hours and or nicking seed coat.  Maintain a temperature of 16º to 18º C. (61º to 64º F).

Take semi-hardwood cuttings are difficult to root and care should be taken not to disturb the roots when potting up.

Botanic information
Leaf: The young leaves may be lobed and the adult leaves are broad-lanceolate up to 60mm (2⅜in) wide with an undulating margin. It has an acute to acuminate apex and the mid rib is whitish. The undersides are silky white and the petiole is short.

Flower: The small tubulate flowers have a short pedicle with a silky oblong perianth segments with an exserted style up to 15mm (⅝in) long. The flowers are arranged in terminal or axillary in a cylindrical raceme that is up to 250mm (9¾in) long and becomes pendant. They appear during spring.

Fruit: The ovoid hard woody follicle is up to 17mm (⅝in) wide with a wrinkled pericarp and contains two oblong seeds to 12mm (½in) long with a wing around the margins. The seeds are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.