"bob" wrote in message ...
I posted here about some C.flammulas I'd bought a couple of years ago
- 3 plants without roots!!. One of them did in fact survive and is
going strong right now.

The two that died soon after planting were replaced with a couple of
decent examples purchased last year and both are healthy with new
growth showing.

I'd quite like to move one of these to another spot in the garden but
wondered - mindful of the fact that it's current location is close to
a concrete wall and surrounded quite closely by other plants with
roots which are probably intertwining - if this is a high risk
manoeuvre at this time of the year?

On the assumption that I'm unable to dig a large enough bowl to
include the entire root intact, would this rate as high risk for the
plant's survival?

Thanks if anyone can offer a risk appraisal...

I have always found they don't like to be mucked about with and even hard
pruning can see them off so I always waited for new shoots before touching
mine, if you must do it now is the best time, if you can wait use this
growth to layer down into a pot and move the new plant


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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
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