Propagation
Fresh or dried seeds should be soaked in boiling water for 10-20 seconds or exposed to heat by burning straw above them and then stratified for two months at 5ş C (41ş F).

Sow seeds in flats and when germination occurs within 2-3 months prick out when large enough to handle and place in a cold frame.

Heeled semi-hardwood cuttings up to 80 mm (3?


Botanic information
Leaf: The silvery green leaves are sessile or have a very short petiole and are ovate to oblong ovate up to 30 mm (1? in) wide. The apex is acute or abruptly acuminate and the base is deeply cordate. They are covered in fine short silvery pubescence giving it a felty texture and are overlapping along the stem.

Flower: The tiny urceolate flowers have 5-sepals and petals that are fused to form an urn-shape that spreads at the apex and normally contains 10-stamens. The pubescent pedestal is up to 10 mm (? in)long and the pendant flowers are arranged in a panicle-like terminal raceme that is up to 40mm (1˝in) long and appear from late winter to spring.

Fruit: The red to brown or orange brown berry-like drupe is spherical with a smooth thick pulpy outer layer that is covered in short hairs. It contains numerous small seeds that maybe winged and are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.