Propagation
Sow seed when ripe and maintain a temperature of 18º to 21º C. (64º to 75º F).

Divide the offsets with roots attached from late spring to early summer. Take cuttings during spring and allow the wounds to dry prior to planting into a very well drained media.

Botanic information
Leaf: The thick fleshy bright green lanceolate to linear leaves are covered in irregular bands of oblong whitish spots. The apex is acuminate and the margins are lined with sharp brownish to pinkish spines. The upper surface is slightly concave and the leaves tend to arch with age. they are arranged in a dense rosette.

Flower: The dusty pink tubulate flowers have a basil swelling and the outer segments are free, up to 10mm (⅜ in) long with exserted stamens up to 2mm long. They have a pedicle up to 10mm (⅜ in) long and are arranged in a terminal raceme that is held erect above the foliage on a branched scape that is up to 1.3m (52 in) tall and appear during midsummer.

Fruit: The small loculicidal capsule is up to 7mm (¼ in) wide and contains numerous small viable seeds that are dispersed by wind but the plant is commonly reproduced vegetatively.