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 glabrous dark green leaves are ovate to elliptical or oblong ovate with an acuminate apex and is up to 30 mm (1⅛ in) wide. The base is cuneate and the petiole is to 25 mm (1 in) long.

Flower: The crateriform flowers have ovate sepals up to 5 mm (⅛ in) long and has more than 5-pink obovate petals with a rounded apex and have 20 to 25 stamens. There are 4-6 flowers on slender pendulous pedestal up to 40 mm (1⅝ in) long that are arranged in a corymb that is up to 60 mm (2⅜ in) in diameter, and appear during early spring.

Fruit: The purplish pome is pyriform to obovoid with a pedestal up to 40 mm (1⅝ in) long and appear in a pendant cluster during late summer. The small seeds are viable but the plant is commonly reproduced vegetatively to maintain true to type.

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.