Propagation
Surface sow fresh seed during spring in a well-drained media, and maintain a temperature of 16º to 18º C. (61º to 64º F). Prick out and pot up when they are large enough to handle.

Take semi-hardwood cuttings during late summer and placed on a misting bench.

Botanic information
Leaf: The grey green sessile broad-elliptical leaves have a leathery texture and up to 15 mm wide. The apex is obtuse to acute in the entire margins tend to be reddish in colour. They are arranged in opposite pairs along the whitish branchlets.

Flower: The small red tubulate flowers have exserted stamens in bundles of 20 to 30 and up to 25 mm (1 in) long. They are arranged densely in a cylindrical spike that is up to 80 mm (3⅛ in) long by 50 mm (2 in) wide and appear from late spring to summer. The flowers may also appear sporadically at other times of the year.

Fruit: The globular woody capsules have exserted valves and arrange densely a spike that persists on old wood on the shrub.  They contain numerous tiny and viable seeds but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.