This species is easily cultivated from seed. Seeds are collected as the fruit starts to split open — pick the seeds off from their parachute-like tuft of hairs before it opens. The seeds are best sown fresh, but they can be stored for about a year under normal room conditions. Use wood-ash from a fire mixed with the seed to prevent attack by insects. Seed in South Africa ripens naturally toward the end of the winter (August), just before the spring rains start.

Sow fresh seed in spring when temperatures are warm. Fill seed-trays with compost and soil mixed in even amounts. Use a mixture of 50% seedling mix (or alternatively peat-moss or vermiculite) and 50% river sand. Sow seed and lightly cover with sand. Keep in a warm place that is moist at all times. Seedlings will germinate after ± 2(3-6) weeks. After germination protect the young plants from wind and sun and continue to water regularly - do not let the soil dry out completely. Seedlings grow rapidly in the growing season — up to 30 cm every 3-4 days. When the long stems develop, trail these as soon as possible to prevent them from getting all tangled. When plants are 15 cm tall, re-pot in bags or pots or directly in the garden when needed. Plants should be given plenty of growing space.

Suitable areas to grow plants are usually restricted to lower, frost-free elevations. The maroon umbrella-shaped flowers splashed with yellow-green edging on the corolla lobes are arranged in attractive clusters. The coconut-scent encourages visiting insect pollinators, which are especially active in the early morning and evening. After fertilization the horned pods (follicles/fruits) develop which can reach the size of a man's outstretched hand. Undisturbed, these plants are remarkably long-lived. One specimen has been known to grow on the veranda of a hotel for 50 years.

Plants are commercially available from various nurseries at reasonable prices. Climate dictates the rate of growth. Make sure that the plants have enough room to grow.