Propagation
Sow fresh seeds which require 5-months warm temperature followed by 3-months cold.
Soft tip cuttings of non-flowering shoots during the growing period.

Botanic information
Leaf: The glossy dark green elliptical leaves are up to 76mm (3in) wide, whitish on the underside and have a slender petiole up to 50mm (2in) long. The venation is pinnate with up to 9-vein pairs and the leaf turn deep red-purple during autumn.

Flower: The tiny creamy white flowers have 4-calyx lobes are arranged in a flat-toped cyme up to 180mm (7in) wide that appears during late spring.

Fruit: The drupe is red-purple maturing to black and has 2-cells that contain 2-seeds that are viable but the plant is commonly reproduced vegetatively.

Culture
Dogwoods prefer a slightly acidic soils and protection from strong drying winds with the roots kept moist and cool. Generally Dogwoods need little pruning and the tree species may have the crown lifted revealing the trunk.