Bowkeria verticillata is slow-growing; about 500 mm per year, and flowering begins after five years. It is pretty enough to be used as a single specimen or it mixes well in an informal screen. Good companion plants are Agapanthus and Crinum species.

Plant in full sun or semi-shade. The area should be composted and watered well in the first few years. It grows best in high rainfall summer areas and cannot survive drought. It will need supplementary watering in very dry periods. It is frost-hardy but will not do well in humid areas.

This species is particularly attractive while in flower because the dark green leaves contrast with the pure white, scented flowers.

Bowkeria verticillata can be propagated from seed or cuttings.

Collect fruit in autumn while still slightly green and keep in a paper bag to catch the fine seed, which can be stored in the fridge until the following spring. Seed germinates easily. Sow sparingly in a well-drained medium and place in a ventilated position to avoid fungal infection. Seedlings can be transplanted as soon as they are strong enough.

New green shoots or semi-hardwood cuttings, about 100 mm long, treated with rooting hormone, usually strike well in a mist bed.