As trees of this species are not inordinately large, they are desirable features of gardens of almost any size. Not only do they yield good shade in summer, but the new leaves and fruits are very attractive, the latter serving equally well in dried-flower arrangements.

Probably the best detailed account of the propagation of this and indeed almost any other southern African Combretum is to be found in Carr (1988). He reports that the seeds of most species of this genus will survive for at least a few years between ripening and planting. Fruits of many species of Combretum are heavily parasitized in the field, but the present species seems to be less susceptible to this than most. Fruits oozing gum, or with a small round hole near one end, should be avoided; of the rest, those which float in water are also beyond hope of germination. Seed should be taken out of the fruits and soaked for a few hours before planting; Carr says that they take one to three weeks to do so, and he recorded a roughly 50% germination rate. His experiments suggest that young plants are not drought-tolerant, but they are capable of withstanding remarkable levels of cold, considering that they occur naturally in frost-free places. He reports problems with aphids, but elsewhere recommends any proprietary systemic insecticide as a remedy for this. Trees grow quite slowly at first, especially when water is a limiting factor.