Propagation
Sow fresh seed during spring and maintain a temperature of 16º to 18º C. (61º to 64º F).

Soft tip cuttings of non-flowering shoots during the growing period.

Botanic information
Leaf: The dark green waxy leaves are lanceolate to broad-lanceolate with an acuminate apex and a cuneate base. The petiole is short and the mid rib is pale green. There 6 to 8 leaves are arranged in a whorl, densely along the stems.

Flower: The axillary rotate flowers have 5-petals that are notched at the apex and the pedicel is long. The flower colour varies from pink, lilac to white and appear profusely during autumn.

Fruit: The slender ovoid 5-ribbed capsule explodes when ripe to scatter the seeds. The seeds are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.