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• Fire Posts: 19,096

  April 2018

  Fabulous. Thank you. How does layering work?
  

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• Blue Onion Posts: 2,995

  April 2018 edited April 2018

  The friendly gardener with the clematis Montana 'Continuity' growing gets a six inch pot, fills it with compost, and buries it in the soil near the clematis.  They split a stem and stick a bit of wood in between each half, then bury this in the compost within the pot.  Eventually some roots will grow, and it can be cut off from the mother plant.  Then you can meet them for a cup of tea, and pick up your very own 'Continuity'.  In theory.    I've never tried it myself.. I just read lots of books about propagation. 
  
  This gives a good explanation: https://www.flowerpatchfarmhouse.com/propagate-clematis-layering/
  

  
  

  Utah, USA.

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• Fire Posts: 19,096

  April 2018

  Thanks Blue. I've done a similar thing with sweet williams.
  

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• Fire Posts: 19,096

  March 2021

  @dappledshade
  

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• Obelixx Posts: 30,090

  March 2021

  How many threads does this clem need?  Try this nursery
  http://www.clematis-nursery.co.uk/clematis-c.htm
  

  Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
  

  "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."

  Plato
  

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