Clematis: 2 new clematis, 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
I never even thought of it but since it was so lush I doubt that I would have considered splitting it in two.

Last year, when I had a helper, Neri, who has since returned to Guatemala, and we were making a trench between two clematises (Liberation and montana Grandiflora) so the montana wouldn't invade Liberation's spot, Neri dug out a huge clump that I assumed was montana and he split it and planted it on each side of an old pine. One side bloomed this past spring, when few other clem's found it warm enough to bloom, and it was Liberation. I'll have to check the leaves on both clumps to see which the other one is. So it can be done but I'd never have guessed the plant would even live no less flower this year.

Here's Neri as the shovel broke when he was digging the section of Liberation out of the garden.