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[QUOTE="Esther Knapicius, post: 180902, member: 2011"]
[USER=7170]@NE Ohio John[/USER] ,,  I did start two babies from the mother.  by clipping off a good thick stem,  angle cutting it.   got a pot with soil, finger hole in the middle.  then a dip in hormone powder with the stem and gently put in the hole and pressed down.  set the pots over in a secure area. it did take well.   However, we also now have an extra near one on my slope area that started on its own, need to relocate it.   I have had the first one going on 15 years,  gave it a harsh pruning to shape it up some,  not shorten just to make it "look" better.  Husband thought I was nuts.  but the next year it was even more perky.   it tends to like some direct sun, and will move toward it.  I have seen them in total direct sun as landscape features in open areas.  Mine have some shade to deal with, so they tend to lean more rather than nicely balance out.    Later in the fall the leaves turn an interesting yellow, which is pretty with the purple.  then the leaves drop and only the berries remain.  When snow is fallen on those branches the white snow and the purple berries peaking through is beautiful.   In the spring the wee tiny white  flowers along the branches are very insignificant,  I think I picked up a faint smell this year.
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