Clematis: How to start one from a cutting?, 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
How tall is it now? New stems should spring up and they will be more supple and you can gently bend them down to the soil to root - no hormone needed. The plant itself is feeding the layering. I don't detach it from the mother plant for a year just to be sure I get strong roots.

See the new growth here? They are all green as opposed to the old stems from last year that are brown. It's the new stems that will be suitable for layering when they're tall enough.