Jerry - great article. Thank you so much for that. I will have to review all the information again later since this brain is like a sieve. I did catch the part where summer cuttings CAN be successful given the right conditions - I may do that too.
Tracey - step by step pictures will be most wonderfully appreciated. I can follow along here in CA
I bought a couple of Costco peonies - single pinks, which grows very well and fast, so much that I have been meaning to thin out this past winter, but did not. Those will be my "sacrificial" roots/plants for this experiment.
Following along with you will give me the incentive I need to tackle this project.