i've had the best luck with layering hollies. leave the scion attached to the mother plantm by the end of the season it should be rooted enough to be transplanted.

Thanks Cody. I know that they are easy to layer but since this neighbour lives down the street and isn't really someone I know well or see a lot, I figure I'm better off taking cuttings once and for all. It's a bit of an imposition to ask her to layer her shrub on my account, I think. But once I have it going in my yard, that's what I'll do to increase my supply :-)

Marianne

then i would recommend taking greenwood cuttings and potting them up for the summer. another way to do it is to take hard wood cuttings late in the fall and put them in a cold frame. you can make a cold frame with four bales of straw and a peice of plexiglass.