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 glabrous leathery textured leaves are oblong to ovate with a reddish petiole up to 15 mm (? in)long. The base is truncate with an entire to slightly serrated margin and the apex is acute. It is white glaucous green above and dull green below.

Flower: The tiny urceolate flowers 5-sepals and petals that are fused to form an urn-shape that spreads at the apex and normally contains 10-stamens. They are accompanied by 4-8 scale-like to lanceolate bracts.

The pubescent pedestal is up to 8 mm (? in )long and the pendant white to pink flowers are arranged in a panicle-like terminal raceme that is up to 60mm (2? in) long and appears during 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 spherical to ovoid leathery textured pulpy drupe ripens slowly during summer to reddish brown. The small seeds are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.