Clematis

mimicook · Post by **mimicook** » Apr 27, 2006 7:57 am

can you take cuttings from clematis and root them. Has anyone done it? My neighbor has one that is just beautiful. Dont know the name but is dark purple and flowers are huge. We tried the seed route and i didnt get any to come up. Jan

Old earth dog · Post by **Old earth dog** » Apr 28, 2006 2:46 am

Try layering. My favorite method for clems, but to answer your initial question, Yes! the can be started from cuttings.
Layering: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-8701.html

AJC · Post by **AJC** » Jun 06, 2006 6:36 am

The whole length of my garden is clematis hedge, there are 6 plants, 5 from cuttings of the first.

its best to do them when the flowering has finished, in a good compost with a little root hormone, it is rather hit and miss, you need to do several cuttings and may only get one make it to a plants, but it can be done, i found keeping them in a propergator worked best, even in summer.

MollyD · Post by **MollyD** » Apr 28, 2007 8:35 pm

Just so you know clematis don't come true from seed.

MollyD