Dryandra obtusa . Margaret Pieroni Dryandra praemorsa var. Margaret Pieroni Propagation Dryandras can be grown from seed or cuttings. Seed is generally the most reliable, provided simple rules are followed. Most species will need to be extracted from the capsule prior to planting, the exception being the 8 or 9 species which shed seed between seasons or where a seed merchant has extracted seed already.
Capsules contain one or two seeds either side of a separator.
Extracted seed is sown onto a sandy well drained mix, lightly covered with sand and kept in an open warm and sunny spot. Late February or April-May in Western Australia and South Australia and early September are the best times to sow. More variable results are obtained with cuttings, which have the added disadvantage that growth is often thick and unsuited to conventional treatment. The Dryandra Study Group of the Society for Growing Australian Plants has been in operation since 1974. Most taxa are represented.