Syncolostemon teucriifolius does best in a well-drained, sandy, well-composted soil, in semi-shade to full sun. It should be watered up to three times a week. Prune it back once it has reached the end of its flowering season. This will encourage a more bushy habit and prevent straggly growth.

Take hardwood cuttings after the flowering season, in autumn; take stem or tip cuttings when the plant begins to resprout, in spring, or while the plant is in active growth. Hardwood cuttings do not root as readily as stem or tip cuttings.

When making cuttings, select healthy cutting material. Use a rooting hormone, and place cuttings in trays with a light, well-drained medium, under mist with bottom heating. Under these conditions, cuttings should root within three weeks.

Once the cuttings have rooted, remove them from the bottom heating and harden them off under a shade net for a week. Pot the cuttings up and leave them under the shade net for three weeks. Thereafter, move them into a well-lit area.

Acknowledgements:  Thanks to horticulturists Trevor Adams and Ernst van Jaarsveld at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, for generously sharing information from their own observations, experience and research.