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 elliptical with an acute apex and a coarsely serrated margin up to 40 mm (1? in) wide. The petiole is up to 25 mm (1 in) long and at the serrated margin may have 3-lobes, particularly on the young shoots. During autumn the leaves turn bright orange or red before falling.

Flower: The campanulate flowers have 5-sepals up to 6 mm (Ľ in) long and 5-white elliptical-obovate petals with a rounded apex and are up to 18 mm (? in) long. There are up to 20-unequal stamens, 7 mm (Ľ in) long and the pedestal is up to 25 mm (1 in) long. There are 4-8 blooms arranged in a terminal corymb that is up to 60 mm (2?in)in diameter and appear in mid spring.

Fruit: The sub-globose red to brownish-yellow pome has a pedestal up to 30 mm (1? in)long and is accompanied by the persistence sepals. The small seeds are viable but 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.