Seems to be easy to grow from cuttings. Photo shows two cuttings, 8 weeks after they were cut.

These were started in the Resealable Bag of Death, sans fungicide, and managed to survive that (although one of the original three did succumb). The two survivors were transferred to 130 mm (5 in) pots after 6 weeks.

March 21, 2021: Seems to be pretty reliable from cuttings. Had good root development after 5 weeks. New foliage can take a bit longer. Expecting a 2 out of 3 success rate at this stage. Might even get 3 out of 3.

Update: April 17, 2021 - Second photo shows the same cuttings 64 days from bagging (ie: 24 days after the first photo).

Update: August 10, 2021 - Ended up getting 3 healthy plants from the 3 cuttings. They seem to be strong growers. However, they also seem to be exceptionally susceptible to mildew at this age, when compared to other Teas grown from cuttings at the same time.

Seems to be a bit slow and tricky to propagate from cuttings. 2 out of 3 cuttings died. The third one was well rooted a couple of weeks back, but is only now beginning to sprout foliage (after just over seven weeks). Looks like it will survive to make a usable plant, but not entirely certain at this stage.

Update: March 27 - Nope. Karked it. The stem ended up rotting from the bottom up. Good roots, but not enough reserves in the cutting to generate anything else. I'm starting to think that if a cutting doesn't look strong and healthy, with abundant new growth, after 6 weeks then you might as well pull it and chuck it, because that means it will never have enough guts to survive. They all seem to turn to rubbish if they aren't strong out of the gate.

Got a another large batch in, and this time they're all being done in forestry tubes or pots (because there were a limited number of recycled forestry tubes I could scrounge from the local nursery, so some are in pots instead). The mix is now 50/50 perlite and propagating mix (as per SCVRS recommendation). The boxes are 53 litre domestic storage boxes from The Reject Shop. The lids are 30 litre boxes. These are fractionally narrower than the 53's (about 20mm, or 3/4'') but sit nicely on the flanges when upside down. They are also about 20mm longer than the 53's, so sit perfectly over the grey handles on the lower boxes. This allows a small ventilation gap at each end of the box.

The boxes are on the north-facing verandah, just under the eaves. Currently the lids are off due to rain having set in for several days, so relative humidity is near enough to 100% (near zero transpiration losses) and sunlight is filtered, so maximising light and airflow makes sense. For warmer and drier conditions I'll place a 90mm terracotta pot (cost about $1 each) filled with water in each box. These evaporate water from their entire surface if RH drops below 100%.

This setup is a lot more convenient than plastic bags, and I can't see the strike rate being any worse. Everything is reusable too, although the cheap boxes will eventually suffer from UV degradation.