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 broad ovate leaves are commonly 3-5 shallowly lobed on each side and are up to 70 mm (2? in) wide with an acute apex. The petiole is up to 35 mm (1? in) long and the upper surface is pale green and the underside is densely covered in pale brown pubescence. The new growth is reddish and during autumn the leaves turn orange, red and purple before falling.

Flower: The single campanulate flowers have 5-pubescent triangular-ovate sepals that are up to 4 mm (? in) long and 5-white sub-orbicular petals with a rounded apex and are up to 8 mm (? in) long. There are up to 25-unequal stamens and the pedestal is up to 30 mm (1? in) long. There are 5-9 blooms arranged in an umbel-like corymb that is up to 88 mm (3˝ in)in diameter and appears in mid spring.

Fruit: The globose pome is a red and are covered in white dots and the pedestal up to 30 mm (1? in) long and accompanied by persistent sepals. 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.