clematis oops - help save

20 years ago

I was clearing some old morning glory vines off the arbor about a month ago - I accidently grabbed a 2' piece of my clematis! I quickly put it in water and has been there ever since. (no roots)

I checked again today and the bottom buds were still moist while the top buds dried up.

I've never done cuttings before and would like some info as to whether or not I can make an attempt at this point.

It has been inside in a vase with my seedlings (which is my best luck) and now I'd like to give this a shot.

I do have the rootone - 2 varieties about 10 yrs old and 5 years old.

Can I do this inside or should I do this outside? I'm in zone 5 and the weather is now in the 50's and heading into the 60's next week.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated from the experts.

Thanks, Deederbug

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Comments (3)

ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
20 years ago
i suspect it will resprout from the roots.... you didnt say you dug it up ...

i personally wouldnt bother with the cut off part ... so i cant help you there.. ken
magda
20 years ago
I am NOT an expert, but I would think that a cutting in our zone would be successful when taken in mid-summer. I have successfully propagated many shrubs and a vine (climbing hydrangea) this way. Is it two feet? That would be too long to start with. I am nor sure clematis roots in water either. You may try the clematis forum- there are some real experts there.
I just noticed that you posted it a long time ago. How is the cutting doing?
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deederbug
Original Author
20 years ago
I gave up - I'd still love to attempt this and thankyou for the advice...I'll check out the clematis forum.
Right now the clematis vine(outside)is with leaves and buds so I will wait till summer and attempt again. 1 clematis is never enough!!!!! I love my vines.
Now, if anyone can tell me how to kill all the thousands of morning glories that invade the whole yard and grow into my other plants - right now I pull them like weeds but that's a non-stop process. *all year.