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 leathery textured leaves are ovate to a broad elliptical with an acuminate apex and a cuneate base. The margins are crenate-serrate and the petiole is up to 20 mm (ľ in) long.

Flower: The pink buds opens to fragrant carteriform flowers that have 5-sepals and 5-white-suffused pink obovate petals with a rounded apex. There are 4-7 flowers arranged in an umbel-like cluster that appears terminally on short lateral branches during late spring and are pollinated or insects.

Fruit: The pendant yellowish-green globose pome can be red-flushed and is accompanied by the persistent sepals. The small seeds are viable but a 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.