Propagation
Surface sow fresh seed during spring and place in a protected environment until germination. Prick out when large enough to handle.

Soft tip cuttings taken during early summer and placed on a misting bench.

General pruning information
To maintain a bushy habit cut back just behind the spent flowers to a node. Be careful not to prune too hard into old wood as this may cause dieback. If an old plant becomes leggy it may be cut back to ground level, where it will rejuvenate.


Botanic information
Leaf: The thick textured leaves are narrow lanceolate to linear, up to 3 mm (? in) wide and the underside is covered in fine silky hairs when young. The apex is mucronate and yellowish petiole is short. They are arranged densely towards the end of the branchlets.

Flower: The cyathiform flowers have numerous exserted red stamens with bright yellow anthers and are arranged in a cylindrical spike that is up to 30 mm (1? in) long by 50 mm (2 in) wide. They appear profusely over the plant on arching branchlets from late spring to summer.

Fruit: The globular capsule is persistent on the plant and contains numerous seeds that are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.