I would love to get some rooted cuttings of this great vine. For trade, I have rooted Blue Crown Passiflora, Purple Beauty Berries, St. John's Wort, unnamed golden orange daylilies (definitely not ditch lilies), peach daylilies, purple coneflowers, red hot pokers, purple Louisiana iris, and cleome.
This message was edited Jun 18, 2005 5:59 PM
Wanted - Clematis (any kind)
I have a 'Sweet Autumn' clematis that's just going nuts this year, and a blue one that put on quite a show a couple weeks ago (that one was labeled 'Jackmanii', but it's definitely more of a big blue bloom that the deeper purple I associate with that variety).
I'd be happy to root some cuttings for you.... I'm hoping maybe somebody can give me "how to" tips??!? I can dip them in rooting hormone, stick them, and hope, but I'd love to get instructions from someone who has done it.
I realize you're looking to trade for rooted cuttings, but I figured if I could get some going, then maybe we could trade down the road..... :-) Hopefully somebody else will have well rooted cuttings ready to send to you!
I have a sweet autumn clematis in a pot starting to take off if you're interested
Critter, in another thread I posted the same question. I was told it really only works to nip the plant and bury that portion to obtain roots. A little hormone helps... Mine can't reach the ground to try this. I was thinking of trying it up on the plant itself with some sort of enclosed container to hold dirt around it...
Barb
Critter, I'd love to trade later with you if you can get your clematis to root. I'm not in a hurry for these.
Crestedchik, I'd love to trade for a sweet autumn clematis. Dmail me and let's work out a trade.
Thanks, Barb! I'll try layering mine as you suggested.I've heard of a technique called "air layering" where you wrap a portion of stem/branch with moist peat moss or spaghnum and then with plastic wrap.... maybe that would work for you.
There are many sites for rooting Clematis. Kaleem (gumlla, Pakistan) has sent me at least five sites for it. This is what it seems to boil down to:
You don't want to try to grow the soft growing end or a hard shoot.
Take a cutting about a foot long and remove the top 7 to 8".
You want to be left with a piece that begins just below a node, then goes up and has a leaf on the left and the right. Cut one leaf off. Now you have a stem with a node and one leaf. This goes in the damp potting mix and you can use hormone powder. It should have bottom heat and a clothes hanger covered with plastic to encase the entire thing.
I'd still lift it daily or put a few pin holes in the plastic or plastic wrap - I'd be fearful of it going moldy.
They say it can take months to root and the only way to test is to tug on it but once again, you could rip off tender tiny hair roots. I'd wait a few months and gently lift it with a spoon to check.
You can take several cutting BUT THE LEAVES CANNOT TOUCH EACH OTHER.
Kaleem gave me the instruction hyperlinks but without copying his entire email I can't seem to reproduce the links. I can email Kaleem's email to anyone who wants all these sites. Kaleem would like me to root one of every clematis I have but I still cannot do it because of sciatica and the pain of standing still, in one spot, for a while, to take cuttings.
Arlene
Arlene, those are great directions. One way you can get the link is for you to personally go to the sites and copy the URL at the top, and then paste them to the email.
Thanks for posting.
Pins I have a small HF Young clematis I bought the other day (got 2 for 1) It is small but well rooted. Will trade for peach daylily Shirley
Speaking of clematis, my favorite is a late bloomer, called Clematis Engelina "My Angel." I bought one locally last year, and it has really grown. It is a small leaved and flowered variety, but it is so great--the colors are terrific. I was looking to see if there was a way to propagate it (I have no idea how), but then I saw it is patented. (Wouldn't want to go to jail!) Anyway, here is a link with a pic. If you have chance to get one--even though mail order--I think you'd be very pleased. Some mail order sources, as well as a good pic of the flowers-- are listed at this link: http://www.prideofplaceplants.com/vines/clematis_my_angel.html
Shirley, you've got a trade. Don't ya just love those 2 for 1 sales?
irmaly, I'm glad you saw the patent before you went to jail!! Thanks for the link.
Carmen Will mail by midweek. Please email me for my current address Shirley
Arlene, thanks for posting those clear directions! I'll have to try sticking some cuttings... :-) I'm still thinking that air layering or ground layering might work too, as long as you used that same node, so maybe I'll try that too.