"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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I have to have several fence panels replaced. I have a clematis
cirrhosa, in full flower, on one panel, which I can detach from the
fence. It is growing in a pot, but has now rooted down into the
ground, and the pot is immovable.
Can I cut through the root below the pot? Would it survive? I would
then replant it in the soil. I don't know how much root is in the pot
and how much is below.

I could smash the pot (shame) and try to dig up some roots. Would
that give it more chance?

Afdvice please. It's doing rather well now. Has been there for about
5 years but restricted growth until it rooted out of the pot.

Pam in Bristol

Just about the worse time to move a C. cirrhosa!

Soak the pot well, and the soil under it. If you have to smash the pot to
to get the roots out, do it (sometimes you can get a well-rooted plant out
of a pot by using a water jet from a hose to wash away the soil until the
roots go limp). Dig out as much root from under the pot as you can.

Dig a large hole and put the clematis in. Unlike many deciduous clematis,
as far as I know cirrhosa does not suffer from clematis wilt, so you do not
have to plant it deeply. Just put it in and fill with soil so that the
surface level is the same as that when it was in the pot.

Water well, and hope for the best. It might well drop all its flowers, but
with a little luck should recover well to grow back through the late spring
and summer.

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Jeff