Propagation
Sow fresh seed during early spring and pre-soak seeds in heated water 13ş to 18şC (55ş-64şF) for 24 hours. Seeds may require scarification (peeling treatment).

Semi hardwood cuttings taken during summer and apply bottom heat.


Botanic information
Leaf: The variably shaped leaves are dissected into flat linear lobes that may be divided again (bipinnatifid) with an acuminate, obtuse to mucronate apex that may be pungent. It has a short petiole and revolute margins that may enclose the lower surface of the leaf that may be pubescent or glabrous.

Flower: The small tubulate flowers have a dark pink pedestal up to 8 mm (? in)long and the cylindrical pale pink perianth segments are up to 2mmin length witha protruding pink style to 6mm (Ľin) long.

The flowers are arranged in an a one-sided terminal villous raceme up to 50mm (2 in) long and are accompanied by ovate bracts up to 1 mm long. The flowers appear from late spring to early summer in warm regions and are pollinated by insects.

Fruit: The obovoid reddish follicle is up to 6mm (Ľ in) wide with a smooth glabrous pericarp and contains a single obovoid seed to 7mm (Ľ in) long that is flanged along the margins. The small seeds are viable but the plant is normally reproduced vegetatively to maintain true to type.