Use a house plant fertilizer from March to September. Over-watering, or allowing the plant to get too dry, results in delayed dieback. The dieback can occur several weeks after the plant was stressed. Because the plants look like Christmas trees they are often decorated. Trees have been injured when the branches were broken by heavy decorations.
Propagation is by seeds or cuttings made from an erect terminal.
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