This plant grows well in full sun conditions. It needs a well-drained soil, although soil should not dry out. Most soils are good for the cultivation of Syncolostemon, but it appears to enjoy the KwaZulu-Natal loamy soil.

Use this plant as a low to medium height filler shrub in perennial borders or as an accent specimen on a rockery. Once established, do not cultivate under the plants as it does not like the soil at its roots to be disturbed. Mulching with leaves, compost, bark or even pebbles improves the growth of the plants.

Propagation of this plant is not easy although plants can be grown from seed or tip cuttings taken in August. Root the 50 mm tip cuttings in sand under mist conditions with bottom heat. A good rooting hormone should also be used. Sow the seed in seed trays filled with a well-drained commercial seedling mix and keep them in a lightly shaded spot where they will not dry out.

The shrub must be pruned every second year in early spring to prevent it becoming woody and to encourage new growth. New branches need to be tipped in late October to encourage new shoots and enhance flowering.