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 rounded ovate leathery textured leaves are up to 15 mm (? in) wide with a reddish petiole that is up to 3 mm (? in) long. The glossy dark green upper surface may be convex and the underside is a sparsely pubescent to glabrous. The obtuse apex is mucronate and the entire margin is reddish.

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 and are accompanied by oblanceolate bracts. The pubescent pedestal is 3mm (? in)long and the pendant flowers are arranged in a panicle-like terminal raceme that appears from winter to early spring.

Note
The ovary is superior and is surrounded at the base with a nectar disk and contains 2-10 chambers and the flowers are pollinated by insects.

Fruit: The small glabrous spherical berry-like drupe is reddish brown and contains numerous seeds. The small seeds are viable but the plant is commonly reproduced vegetatively. The small berries were used by the Native Americans to make a cider-like drink.