Propagation
Sow fresh seeds when ripe and place in a cold frame to germinate in late winter or stratified for three months at 1°C then sow. Prick out when large enough to handle and pot on in rich compost. Seeds may take up to 12 months to germinate and seedlings maybe variable.

Hardwood cuttings taken during autumn.

Botanic information
Leaf: The ovate to broad-ovate leaves are up to 60 mm (2? in) wide with 3-5 lobes and a petiole up to 40 mm (1? in) long that is sparsely pubescent. The apex is acute to acuminate and the texture is leathery with a dark green upper surface and a pubescent, pale green underside.

Flower: The campanulate flowers have 5-triangular-ovate or triangular-lanceolate sepals up to 6 mm (Ľ in) long and 5-white broadly obovate petals with a rounded apex.

There are up to 20 unequal stamens, 3 mm (? in) long and the pedestal is up to 35 mm (1? in) long. There are 4-10 blooms arranged in an axillary corymb that is up to 65 mm (2˝ in)in diameter and appear from mid to late spring.

Fruit: The yellowish red ellipsoid pome is accompanied by persistent sepals and has a pedestal up to 35 mm (1? in) long and appears in a cluster. The small seeds are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.


General pruning information
This plant flowers on one or two year old wood and care should be taken not to cut back too hard as the plant will produce ample foliage but no flowers for up to two years.

The plant may be trained to form a single leader or an open vase habit and may also be trained as an espalier with horizontal branching.
Young plants require training and can be cut back by two thirds during early spring. Once established the plant requires only a light prune to shape or the removal of dead or damaged wood.