Propagation
Sow fresh seeds in flats during spring and slightly cover and keep moist. Maintain a temperature of 18ş to 21ş C. (64ş to 75ş F) and prick out when large enough to handle and pot-up into tubes.

Botanic information
Leaf: The reduced scale leaves are arranged in whorls of 6 to 8 teeth around at the joints on the branchlets (cladodes).

Flower: The light brown male flower is a catkin-like spike that is up to 130 mm (5? in) long and appears in pendent clusters.The female flower has no perianth segments and consists of 2-fused carpels. The shrub is dioecious and the flowers appear from late winter to spring.

Fruit: The sessile woody textured cone-like fruit contains numerous capsules and has no stalk.