How to propagate from a cytisus?

With many plants softwood cuttings dipped in rooting hormone and planted in sterile potting mix is worth a try. It will either work or it won't but if it doesn't the effort and expense is minimal. If yours is the plant I'm thinking about it is usually a prolific seed producer and a fast grower, verging on the weedy, so there may be little to gain with anything beyond growing from seed.

For my own purposes I lean toward simply taking a dozen cuttings from a plant I like (sometimes I even ask first), dipping them, and stuffing them in a large pot of ordinary potting mix from the garden center, and then putting this out in the yard in a protected spot and letting it fend for itself. If after a year or two outdoors I have a few living specimens to use I figure that it is survival of the fittest.

Just my £0.02 worth, of course...

hi, thanks for reply, thats what i thought, just needed confirmation. will propagate now as it has finished its flowering period so best time is now i thinks.

thanks again

karaman