This is an exceptionally easy plant to cultivate, making it a winner for novice gardeners and tough gardening conditions. Being a succulent it is ideally suited to waterwise gardens. Propagation by means of striking cuttings, is very easy - place the base of short 3–8 node stems into sharp riversand. No rooting hormone is required, although it will expedite the process. The tray of cuttings should be placed in a cool, partly shaded position, where it won’t dry out or get too wet. Water sparsely at first and then increase as new shoots appear, being careful not to overwater, which may result in rotting.

Raising them from seed is equally easy. Mix cleaned seed in a small quantity of dry riversand, and spread thinly and evenly across the surface of a growing medium in a pot or seed tray in autumn. Water gently so as not to wash the seeds out of the tray. Germination should take place within a few weeks. Good air movement is essential to prevent damping off, but should this occur, treat the seedlings with a damping-off fungicide. Pot up the young plants into small pots/bags or straight into the ground in autumn, in a full sun position, where they should rapidly develop into a sizeable shrub within a year or two. Older leggy plants can be pruned back to reinvigorate them.