Instead of going to any fuss, just bend branches to the ground, use a brick or rock to hold them in contact with the soil. (Ground/soil layering.) In a couple months, or next spring, check on it, should have roots and be ready any time after that - that you're also ready - to separate it from the mama and give it a new home. You can also bend branches to the surface of a pot, so there's only one 'dig' involved later - the new hole in the ground somewhere. Using a pot also avoids making holes around shrubs when the babies are removed. Either way, no watering or attention necessary until you and the 'new plant' are both ready.
Works on roses, Hydranges, Lantana, Gardenia, fig, butterfly bush, anything that takes root easily. Why not make it even easier?
