You can, while bushes are dormant, dig the root ball up and cut the clump of stems and roots into a couple pieces with some root and stem on each to divide and propagate the plant. People will also mound up dirt at the beginning of the season around the base to get roots growing further up and separate them that way.
I had an article on this with propagating seaberry recently on here is how I found out about propagation via separation. The long and short is early in the season when the plants are not in full swing you can take a portion of it and move it to a new location. With grafting trees this cannot be done but anything that can be spread via rhizomes or suckers this can be done. So honey berry, seaberry, elderberry, bush cherries, , hazelnut, brambles, etc. Can be propagated via separation. The only cost is the time it takes to sucker and the fact that the bush has to send out suckers. In my experience honey berry will readily send out new suckers though.
Just an update to the original topic.
She BEGRUDGINGLY replaced my plants. We’ll see if she sent strong, healthy plants, or the weakest things she could find. I’ll update again with pictures and a comment, including the way they were shipped inside the box.
Of course, she pointed three fingers at me & none back at herself. She said it was my fault for everything which is interesting because I did eveything she told me verbatim.
Lesson learned? She’s super nice when she is trying to sell you something, super (-) when there is a problem, even if she caused it. She’s a one-way street.
To put that cherry on top, I’ve emailed her twice since she stated she would ship new ones, no replies to either…
After all these interactions with her, I stand by original assessment… BUYER BEWARE!
I always count on replacements being the same quality. I find that with many people. If I am getting bad reception when I am buying I doubt I would get good reception when I have an issue. I always say anyone can give the customer service when it is good but when there is a issue is when you see if they are good at customer service or not.