Propagation
Sow fresh seed during autumn in pots and place in a cold frame to germinate or stratify seeds and sow during spring.

Soft tip cuttings of non-flowering shoots during early summer.
Layering during spring or autumn

Botanic information
Leaf: The leaves are ovate to elliptical with a rounded base and a petiole up to 10 mm (⅜ in) long. The apex is acute to an obtuse or truncate and the margin is serrated to entire. The upper surface is glabrous with 8-12 pairs of veins and the glabrous underside is dull green. They are arranged alternately on reddish twigs and the shrub can be semi evergreen.

Flower: The tiny bisexual cyathiform flowers have 5-sepals and 5-petals and there are 5-60 arranged in an axillary umbel that appears during spring. The flowers tend to be inconspicuous and not a feature of the plant.

Fruit: The berry-like drupe has a juicy exocarp and is green, red and black on maturity.  It contains 2-smooth nut-like seeds that are viable but the plant is commonly reproduced vegetatively.