Propagation
Stratify fresh seeds for 40 days at 5º C (41ºF) then sow in spring and maintain a temperature of 12º to 15º C. (55º to 59º F).

Take hardwood cuttings during winter then placed in sand or peat and plant out during spring in a prepared bed. 

Botanic information
Leaf: The glossy dark green pinnate leaves have 5-7 or 9 elliptical to obovate almost sessile leaflets that are up to 45mm (1¾ in) long by 25mm (1 in) wide with a broad cuneate base and an acute to obtuse apex. The upper surface is rugose due to the concave veins and the petiole is up to 40mm (1⅝ in) long with some prickles on the underside and the stipules are attached.

Flower: The fragrant violet-red cyathiform single, semi-double or double flowers have 5-leaf-like sepals and 5-obovate petals with a central cluster of yellow stamens. They appear solitary on a bristly pedicle that is up to 25mm (1 in) long or in a small cluster from summer to early autumn.  

Fruit: The small orange to red pome is commonly called 'hips' and looks like a cherry tomato with persistent sepals. The seeds are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively in order to maintain true to type.