Surinam cherries can be grown by seed or by cuttings. To start by seed, eat a cherry and plant the seeds into a pot and water them daily until they germinate. Seeds take three to four weeks to germinate. They can be transplanted into the soil when they are about a foot tall.

Surinam cherry seedlings grow slowly; some begin to fruit when 2 years old; some may delay fruiting for 5 or 6 years, or even 10 if in unfavorable situations. They are most productive if unpruned, but still produce a great many fruits when close-clipped in hedges.

Cherry guava (Psidium cattleianum), Surinam cherry (Eugenia uniflora), Arabian coffee (Coffea arabica), lantana (Lantana camara), and the ice cream bean (Inga edulis) are all invasive species that were brought as food or ornamental plants and escaped cultivation.

Surinam makes an excellent hedge or screen with smooth, resinous, aromatic leaves which are brilliantly red when young. These small, thin leaves are receptive to pruning, and the plant remains dense down to its base, making it ideal for hedges. The tree attains a height of 25 feet (7.5 m.). . . . .364011234606!]0000000000000009783314147585!]