Does anyone have any experience taking cutting and sucessfully rooting such? Would love some tips(hehe!). I have both vine and herbacious, also how long does it take? Thanks for any help. Kathy
rooting cuttings
Layering works for me but not cuttings. Good luck.
I can root just about any plant except clematis. I'm with pirl. :)
Agreed, Lily_love!
I have not tried this method myself, but would like to....
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1084737/
My Jackmanii produces runners and I just dig these up and cut them off of the main plant. Actually, these were probably stems that self layered. You can take a stem and tuck it in the ground and next year you will have another one to plant somewhere else. Real easy. I am going to try it with my more uncommon ones this year.
It really is so easy. Here is texensis Duchess of Albany. I layered it last year and this is the result. Now it's about 6" tall. I'll get a better photo of it tomorrow.
Oh gosh never thought about layering will have to try this year, my plants still haven't leafed out yet, still early here in Colorado ( just east of Denver, but higher 68-6900 ft.) Yeahhhhh, am excited to try, thanks to every one who has responded. Have another question ref. clems., I have a shrub clematis and was wondering if it can be dug and divided just like reg perenns? or are the roots to fragile? Kathy
I'd be too afraid to try it. I would love to know if others have done it.
We're at an altitude of 14' so we do have a bit of a difference!
Give layering a try. It makes a person feel so talented!
LOL, Arlene, I've a volunteer clem. that was injured due to high wind. I'll see about laying it to find out if I can make good of it. signing out...will return tomorrow.
You have nothing to lose by trying.
One thing I learned about clematis is to plant a few leaf bud deeper than what was originally planted, that way if top gets injured will still have new buds that can develop and plant is not a loss. Got this info from a clem book years ago and use it every time I plant one, removing any leaves that would be underground. Kathy
The one I found buried yesterday had to be at least 3" below ground and the one I dug up today (fool that I am) was about the same. Long ago I didn't plant them deeply because I didn't know better. DG has been a clematis saver for me.
Kathy,
I have had lots of success growing new plants from cuttings. I fill a tray of plastic plant cells with clean new potting mix and cover it with a thin layer of perlite. I use "damp off" before I insert the cuttings. The cuttings are semi hardened current year growth. Each cutting should have a leaf and node at the top... I only leave 1 leaf / one removed. below the node I leave 1 1/2-2 inches of stem. I scrape one side of the lowest 1/2 inch of stem on one side and dip in rooting powder. Insert in the cell si that the node is at the surface. cover the tray with plastic or a dome of some kind and keep it in bright indirect light. The cover should not be entirely air tight, there should be a little air exchanded. Within a month there should be significant root growth.
Robb
Yhankyou Robb, I have all those things available, no I just have to wait til Late may or june. As of now only getting buds so far as is early here in my z5 garden. In my spare bathroom I hung shop lights over the tub, have a small sheet of plywood to set my trays on, growing hundreds of perennns at the moment. Thanks again, Kathy.