I think just after leaf-fall is the classic advice; but it should
work reasonably well if the cuttings don't dry out. I always
propagated them by weighing a stem down with a stone and forgetting
about it for a couple of years, though: this is called "layering",
and uncut bushes will eventually do it by themselves even if you
don't want them to.


So it might work ? I might give it a go now, just to see. As you may have
guessed I am very new to gardening. To be honest it is a little bit of an
addiction at the moment. My wife thinks I am weird...... 32 and into
gardening !


David