"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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from "Charlie Pridham" contains these words:

Auxins also effect the shape of the plant you get, eg the cuttings from
the
top of a conifer will be more upright in habit than those from the base!
choosing where on a plant you take a cutting can make a big difference
to
the resulting plants.

That's very interesting and useful.Can you advise on other examples ?
Does this affect fuchsia cuttings, for example, if you want to make a
standard; and how about clematis?

Janet.

The effect in fuchsias is not so strong but it is there and if the variety
you are propagating is supposed to be trailing then avoid strong upright
growth for your cuttings. and of course you need 3 bud cuttings not 2 for
standards.
Clematis are strongly predisposed to climb (well the climbing sorts anyway!)
and there is no noticible difference between the sections of stem nearest
the roots to those nearest the tips. but there is a marked difference in the
capacity to root between old plants (like the ones in the garden) and new
plants like last years cuttings.
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)