Propagation
Sow fresh seed during spring and maintain a temperature of 13° C. (55° F.)

Take basal or softwood cuttings from spring to early summer and apply bottom heat.

Culture
It dislikes fine textured soils, preferring a course to medium stony loam including clay and watering should be reduced during winter to avoid rot.

Botanic information
Leaf: The mid green ovate leaves have scalloped margins or consists of 3-5 lobes with a cordate to cuneate base and the upper surface is covered densely in stellate pubescence. The petiole is up to 60 mm (2⅜ in) long and the leaf texture is soft leathery. 

Flower: The 5-pettaled cyathiform (cup-shaped) orange to red flowers have a central column of united stamens. They are arranged in an axillary or terminal panicle that appears from summer to early autumn.

Fruit: The capsule is a densely pubescent schizocarp that is depressed and conical shape with 10 to 12 mericarp's, each containing 1-2 seeds. The small seeds are viable but the plant is commonly reproduced vegetatively.