Propagation
Sow seed when ripe in trays out-doors in cool climates or place in a cool greenhouse then prick out and pot up when large enough to handle. 

Alternatively spring sown seeds require stratification for 2 to 3 months at 5° C. Prick out and pot up for the first season then plant out in situ during spring after the frost period has passed.

Botanic information
Leaf: The small glossy dark green leaves are broad-ovate to elliptical-oblong up to 20mm (¾in) with an obtuse apex. The leaf underside is pale green with distinct venation and the petiole is up to 3mm (⅛in) long, covered in short pubescence that extends down the branchlets. The leaves are partly deciduous during early spring or during dry periods.

Flower: The pubescent campanulate flowers are unisexual; the male flower appears in a cluster of 1-8 on a peduncle up to 10mm (⅜in) long on a short branchlet. The sub-sessile female flowers appear in groups of 1 to 5 and have a 2-lobed stigma. The flowering period is during spring.

Fruit: There are normally three 3-angled nuts (beechnuts) that are inclosed in a scaly involucre with 2 to 4 lobes. The tiny nuts are pubescent and the viability period is short.