Nandina propagation from prunings

I want to prune-back an overgrown nandina. It appears lovely, but just has crowded its space.
Can the cut-off pieces be used as starters for propagating? Is it good to stick them vertically into the earth or just bury chunks in trenches?

From what I can gather about this plant, this plant is very tender here in UK but grows great when given the right conditions.
It is about September time when cuttings should be taken for this plant, you need to use lateral shoots, that's the tips of this years growth, tug the 5-6 inch tops away from the stems with a little bit of the parent plant attached, put the soil mix into the pots Equal parts of peat and sand mixture is good,
then tidy up the bottom of the cuttings by cutting with a sharp knife any torn or ragged bits at the heal (bit that was attached to parent) remove the bottom half doz leaves or have about 2 inches bare stem at the bottom for when you insert the cuttings.
You then stick a pencil into the soil on the outer side of the pot and stick the cuttings into this, about 4 or 5 cutting around the edge of a pot should be fine, water and leave in a cool place till spring when you can plant the rooted cuttings outside IF all is OK. you need to water and keep an eye on then till spring.

Best of luck. WeeNel.

If you are going to prune it anyway, try it.

But to really propagate it it works better to divide the plant.
You do not actually have to dig up the whole thing, just the outer area as WeeNel says. Where the new growth is happening, and get some of the roots with it.

I didn't know if I could separate-off a chunk of the growing plant and just stick it in a dressed up hole (give it a new home so to say).

It seems most everything around here sends out roots with plant-shoots that need to be chopped off. Any of these plants at Lowe's sells for $8 to $40, depending on size.

Thanks for the positive input. I don't like to spread weeds either, but when they are cedar, birch, Otto Luyken Laurel, London Plain, and these nandina, I try to find a way to make use of them. They are weeds where not wanted. Make lovely trees and shrubs when located properly.

Well any old gardener will tell you there are NO weeds, just plants we dont like or are growing in the wrong place, and there are other people who will love and care for them LOL.
Best regards. WeeNel.

Sorry, didn't mean to offend by my comments in the other thread, just to reassure that you can't kill Nandina. Sure they sell these at the store, they also sell English ivy, privet and asparagus ferns. If they weren't lovely, they wouldn't have been spread all over the place. They were (and often still are) wanted, rarely disappoint the gardener by not growing.

Many desirable native and non-invasive exotic ornamental plants are easy to propagate. You could be adding Hydrangea, Gardenia, roses, Datura/Brugmansia, jasmines, confederate roses, (not sure if each of these is hardy where you are, just brainstorming examples from my own yard,) tons of great plants to your yard by buying just one 'mama' of each or by asking friends and neighbors for cuttings, layering, plant swaps, trades.

There are 2 little trees here that are really giant weeds, (buck thorn and Bradford pear,) but they were already here so we haven't tried to kill them. They make a little shade, and birds nest in them. Limbed up so nobody gets impaled, the buck thorn is not ugly or dangerous. I understand making lemonade out of your lemons, and Nandina is one many people love, but no reason to make more lemons. Not saying you should get rid of it if you like it, just that I don't think it's worth multiplying, and if you're going to go to that much effort on the Nandina, the same effort could yield much more pretty and desirable results. Others may or may not agree, it's an opinion. Life's too short to garden to others' standards, but you solicited opinions, so I'm throwing mine in the mix, to encourage, not disparage, I promise! Some might think the "desirable plants" I mentioned are ugly or weeds, that's fine, I get it. So if you want a hedge of Nandina, and that makes you happy, I would wish you the best of luck with it. But just because it's there, it's not your only option for free-scaping. I've added many cultivated beds with shrubs and other plants to this yard that used to be just grass without spending much money at all, well under $100 total over the past few years. I can't devote much money to yard plants, but the yard is filling up with free ones that would have added up to significant spending if bought. Anyone can do it, with the things that will propagate, not everything will.

Purple, there was no offence taken, believe me, I would know someone trying to be offensive, and I never gave it a thought, enjoy the rest of the gardening season and have fun.

RESORT2ME, I dont think you will be capable of spreading weeds, they do all that on their own and we just have to try deal with them best as we can no matter what the said weed is called,
It's hard to dig up a proper plant that we dont want and everyone else is trying to get rid, but sometimes thats what gardening is about, growing and controlling, well some people do it that way, others just look out the window and wonder when the fairies will come and clear their weeds that are trying to escape to the next door neighbours plot for some T.L.C. ha, ha, ha.
Best regards to you both, WeeNel.