Plants are readily and easily propagated from stem cuttings or seeds (if propagated from seeds, some variation of progeny can be expected).

In cultivation, plants perform very well in full shade and they flower throughout the year but not in late winter (July and August in the southern hemisphere). Grow them in moist, well-aerated soil, as plants are naturally forest dwellers, with some added compost. Mulch the flowerbed with preferably shredded indigenous wood chips or disease-free leaf mould. Light pruning of A. varia invigorates plants and stimulates an attractive, bushy growth. Plants are suited to herbaceous borders or can be grown on their own for showy, shady gardens.

They grow extremely well in containers, especially hanging baskets (currently under experimentation in the Lowveld National Botanical Garden), and this is the best way of growing them in a small garden.

Plants are vulnerable to mealy bug attacks, but there are plenty of remedies on the market to control these pests.