Propagation
Stratified seeds in a moist media four up to 60 days at 7.2şC(45°F).
Softwood to semi hardwood cuttings taken during early summer and placed under mist.

This plant will re-shoot after a fire.


Botanic information
Leaf: The leaves are variable with sessile cordate juvenile foliage towards the top of the plant and ovate to oblong adult leaves that may have recurred or pungent lobed margins. The petiole is short with a truncated or sub-cordate base and the apex varies from obtuse to pungent-acute. The upper surface is glabrous and the underside is densely pubescent.

Flower: The spreading 2-lipped white to pinkish tubulate flowers are yellowish on the inside and the upper lobe has 4-rounded teeth. The exserted stamens have yellow anthers. The flowers are arranged in an auxiliary umbel and appear in whorls towards the end of the branchlets during summer.

Fruit: The spherical dark red berries have a bitter taste. The seeds are dispersed by birds and the viability is high, but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.