Hi Robert, I can't get you a rooted piece but I can get you lots of seeds. LMK--Lucylou

Don't know about the seed but they are easy to propagate from cuttings. Take a cutting from new growth before it gets to hard(1st of July here in Tennesse) Dip it in water and then dip it in some rooting hormone and stick it in some very damp sand either in buckets or a bed, just don't let it ever dry out. Pull one out in two to three wks. and see want you've got. You can space them about 2" apart but don't leave them there to long or the roots will grow together. John

Same problem with invasiveness. Barberries, too, so forget that. Both will, however, grow in almost total shade. For shade tolerance and absence of environmental threat, how about lindera benzoin or calycanthus floridus? A rhododendron? Bottlebrush buckeye? Oakleaf hydrangea? I think there are some shrubby dogwoods that take shade, also. All can be lovely - I am especially fond of oakleaf hydrangeas. Roses could be a good idea: Darlow's Engima gets big fairly quickly, it blooms in some shade and has some mean thorns. It is, in addition, one of the few totally (I mean TOTALLY) no-care roses around, so it looks nice even when it's not flowering (which is not very often). You'll have to order it online since your neighborhood nursery isn't going to carry it - I got mine for about $15.

Here's an old photo of 'Mme Léon Pain' From Thomas & Easlea's The Rose Book, 1914, p.186: