Propagation
Sow fresh seed during autumn in situ or in a deep container and commonly no scarification is required. Maintain a temperature of 19º to 27º C. (66º to 81º F) during spring and keep moist. The seeds lose viability quickly so do not allow the seeds to dry out. 

Plant out as soon as possible as the tree dislikes root disturbance.

Botanic information
Leaf: The almost glabrous glossy dark green leaves are obovate to elliptical with 5-7 lobes that extend more than half way to the midrib, each with 3-7 bristly tipped pointed teeth at the apex. They are 50-100 mm (4 in) wide and the base is truncate to cuneate and the petiole is up to 50 mm (2 in) long. During autumn the leaves turn yellow to red before falling and are a feature of the plant.

Note
Terminal buds and twigs are dark reddish brown.

Flower: The tiny staminate (male) flowers have 4-12-stamens and are arranged on a slender pendulous catkin (spike-like) up to 150 mm (6 in) long. The female flowers are solitary or in a small spike in the terminal leaf axils. Both appear on the current or previous season’s growth on the same tree (monoecious) during spring.

Fruit: The reddish-brown ellipsoid acorn is up to 15 mm (⅝ in) wide and narrowing towards the rounded apex and matures in the second year. The deeply cup-shaped involucre is rarely pubescent near the scar and the scales are obtuse or acute, covering up to half of the nut from the base.

General pruning information
Train to a single leader and cut back unwanted branches to the collar. The crown may be lifted or thinned to allow light to penetrate. Once established they require little pruning apart from removal or dead or damaged branches.