Propagation
Soft tip or semi hardwood cuttings from summer to autumn.

Botanic information
Leaf: The variable dark green leaves are crowded along the stems. In some forms the leaves are lanceolate up to 4mm (⅛in) wide and in other forms the leaves are terete up to 15mm (⅝in) long. They are sessile and normally twisted with a pungent acuminate apex.

Flower: The small tubulate flowers are composed of 3-lower spreading lobes and a broader upper lobe that forms a hood. The sessile calyx tube is pubescent and the flowers are arranged densely in a terminal cluster that appears during spring.

Fruit: The tiny nuts are covered in fine pubescence and the small seeds are viable but may be difficult to germinate so the plant is commonly reproduced vegetatively.