Oh purple you remember right. It will start to rain get cold and everything will be dead in a flash.
We usually do not get cold anymore until Oct and last year it was Nov. But I never know when we will have the freak Sept surprise. I am trying two ways. One rooted cuttings in a 20 gallon aquarium I am not using anymore and another in water all winter. Just to see what works. Someone said they put cuttings in water all winter and come Spring cut the roots off and stick them in soil.