It may be bought from some nurseries dealing in native plants, and its popularity is established in gardens as an easily-grown medium shrub which will live a good number of years with simple care.
Growth is dense, flexible and soft in all parts and quite hardy to local winter conditions.
Drought and hot winds, however, are not tolerated, and adequate water must be given, especially in summer. Making sure the ground is soaked first, several inches of leaf mould or compost should be put around the plant. Another method is to use sizeable flat rocks. In habit it is evenly round or oval, quickly making a mature specimen which may be 1 m high when two years old from planting, and eventually reaching over 1.3 m high. Healthy foliage has a fresh appearance all the year and individual leaves may vary on one plant from narrow and simple to finely divided.