Rabiea albinota is recommended for beginners, as they are easy and rewarding plants that can grow in pots or rock-garden. However, it is difficult to keep the leaves free of scars and dead leaf-tips, but the abundant flowers hide these from late winter through spring. Potted individuals look best in a heavy soil and the same is true for plants in a rockery. They can be watered year-round, however, water frequency needs to be reduced in winter, and good drainage is recommended. The plant has high levels of frost tolerance and grows best where there are cold winters (it is reported to be hardy to at least -18°C if very dry).

Rabiea albinota may be affected by pests such as red spider mites, which infest the skin of the plant, spreading rusty markings or spider-like webbing over the surface and spines. However, plants badly affected may grow well but are best discarded or re-grown from cuttings.