Propagation
Stratify fresh seeds at 5ş C (41şF) for 14 days before sowing.


Botanic information
Leaf: The 4-sided dark to grey-green acicular leaves have a pointed apex and 30 to 40 are arranged in whorl on a short spur.

Flower: The upright male finger-like strobili are up to 75mm (3in) long and 17mm (? in) wide, yellow-brown when ripe and shedding pollen in autumn. The erect green female is up to 10mm (?in) long and appear in the upper part of tree in large numbers during autumn.

Fruit: The upright stalked reddish-brown barrel-shaped cone is up to 65mm (2˝in) wide and is upright on the upper side of the branches. The scales are closely imbricate and each scale contains two broad winged seeds. It takes up to 2-years to mature and the central stalks of the cones are persistent on the tree after the scales have fallen.