Nivenia corymbosa can be propagated by seed and cuttings. Heel cuttings can be taken in autumn or spring, using actively growing side shoots or short new shoots taken off the caudex. A rooting hormone for hardwood or semi-hardwood cuttings should be applied to the cut surface of the stem. A good rooting medium is equal parts of 6 mm milled pine bark and polystyrene balls for aeration. Heated benches with mist are also recommended, although cuttings may also be rooted in coarse river sand in cold frames. They are very slow to root and the cutting often produces a callus and no roots. The cutting should be taken out of the rooting medium and retreated with a hormone after slightly damaging the callus. Place the cutting into fresh rooting medium. Roots are always very fine and brittle so care must be taken when handling and potting the plants.

Seed should be sown in autumn and treated with smoke for best results. Sow in a well-drained, acidic soil medium consistent with that used for other fynbos plants. The seedlings remain small for a long time so it is preferable to transplant into small individual pots and allow them to establish themselves before planting into a bigger container.

The plants growing in the container can be fed with seaweed-based, organic fertilizer such as Kelpak on a monthly base. If you have a particular area in your garden that is relatively moist, then this plant will be ideal, as it prefers growing in moist conditions. The species will require water in winter if it is grown in a summer rainfall region.