Yep, good time. Just take the cuttings and stick them in the ground in late fall. Even without rooting hormone you will get lots of takes. I stuck some long sticks of forsythia around some strawberries to catch leaves blowing in the fall winds...lazy way to mulch. LOL Darned things started to grow the next spring and I had to yank them out.

Some plants are so determined to grow that sticking them upside down won't stop them. I used some elderberry limbs to stick in my gallon pots to hold 2 liter soda bottles so they wouldn't blow away...stuck them upside down so they wouldn't grow...well they rooted anyway and started sending up new growth from the bud near the surface of the potting mix. Should work as well in Tennessee as MO. Have fun!