I've taken cuttings in spring, dipped them in rooting compound, and stuck them in very moist coarse sand. They rooted pretty quickly, as I recall.

I've ground-layered with success.

Sara

With ground layering, did you have to remove some skin of the branch?

Same here, I'm going to plant a few more smoke bush I was surprised to see them with little dieback.

Would be nice to see updates to your landscape. I remembering seeing a slew of in process projects.

PS: You can't count wind chill as actual temps!

Promise, I'll take pictures. It's a mess right now. I killed my lawn last year and seeded. Unfortunately, nothing germinated. :( I'm seeding again this August. :)