Propagation
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 requires 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 juvenile leaves are awl-shape with recurved margins and a grey-white stomatic band on the underside. The adult leaves are overlapping along the stem in whorls of 4 and are diamond-shape with an acute apex. Branchlets are arranged in sprays.

Flower: The male flowers are united into an oblong catkin-like cone and the female flowers have up to 8 valvate scales that contain 1 to 2 ovules. They appear during spring.

Fruit: The small berry-like cone and is not commonly seen and the plant is normally reproduced vegetatively.