Here is the advice from my father (myself I never did cutting yet) :
take some cuttings from the fresh part of branches (from the year), then take out all the leaves from half of it ( the part you will put on the soil)
the rest of the leaves have to be cut with a scissors, half of it, literally give it a hair cut!
then to maximize your chance, you can use some rooting hormones, that you apply on the part that will go in the compost...
keep it moist and warm, and better to live in a dark place for a week to stimulate root growth. Daddy told me that you can do that with every hardy plants GOOD LUCK!