[horsepooisgood]

Can anyone tell me how to propagate a clematis. Montana Elizabeth is the one I have in mind.

Would it root if I pegged a shoot into a pot, still attached to the mother plant of course. If so how long does it take to root.

Thanks Peeps

[celjaci]

C.montana roots easily from layers this time of year.
Use young vigorous shoots
Make a cut along the length of the stem and through a node ( perhaps 2in long )
Use a bent wire to peg down in  a 10cm pot of John Innes compost sunk into the ground

Alternately prepare a piece of ground with the addition of compost and grit and layer a longer section of stem ( serpentine layering as usually snaked backwards and forward )

Either way should begin to root in a few weeks, make sure it doesn't dry out
Cut from mother plant and move early autumn

Good luck

[horsepooisgood]

Thanks for the help. I'm off to do it now