"Tim C." wrote in message
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Can anyone here help me please?
There's a rather nice flowering quince with pink flowers down the road
from
my house and I would rather like to take a cutting off it.

Is it possible/realistic to take a cutting or two of this bush?
Is there a best time and technique to do this? I'm clueless, as you can
tell.
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Tim C.

Sounds like the plant you are interested in is Chaenomeles, sometimes called
Japonica or Japanese Quince.
Basal cuttings in June, trimmed to about 4" in a cold frame work quite well.
Basal cuttings are the current years growth from where it grows out of last
years stem. But it may be worth trying some hard wood cuttings now (I have
not done it this way)

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)