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Clematis

Propagate clematis

How to grow your own climbers, by taking cuttings of your favourite clematis.

Start in late spring and your cuttings will root within a few weeks and be ready to plant out in the summer.

What to do

  • Remove a few 90cm (3ft) shoots from a healthy plant.
  • Divide shoot with a knife, cutting above a leaf joint and 5cm (2in) below it.
  • Remove a leaf from each cutting.
  • Dip cut end in hormone rooting powder.
  • Fill a pot with compost and insert several cuttings around the edge - the leaf joint should be level with the surface.
  • Water and cover with a clear plastic bag, held in place with an elastic band.
  • Put in cool, light place.
  • Cuttings should root within a few weeks, when they're ready to grow on in individual pots.

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Time needed


15 minutes

You will need

  • Secateurs
  • Sharp gardening knife
  • Hormone rooting powder
  • Well-drained compost - a mix of 50 per cent cuttings compost and 50 per cent horticultural grit
  • 7.5cm (3in) pots
  • Watering can
  • Clear polythene bag and elastic band

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