My friend lives in ladysmith and has collected some fluffy seedpods from what looks like a wild clematis growing along the ocean as well as the hiway. She gave me some of these seeds.I live in duncan in the upper sahtlam area-(riverbottom rd.). Do you think that the seeds will germinate here and if so-the best way to do it?
I don't know of any wild clematis but I often see clematis tangutica growing wild, but your best bet would be to cut off the tails and sow outdoors now and let it germinate naturally.
Don't remember where Duncan is, if you are on the coast and the plant is really growing wild, rather than hanging on from a planting throw the seeds out--they are almost certainly from seriously pestiferous Clematis vitalba, a European species. In the interior native C. ligusticifolia looks superficially similar, is also common. In the interior mountains choice C. columbiana may also be encountered, although I have only seen it once or twice myself.
Duncan is eastern Vancouver Island, so very likely (as Ron B says) a pestiferous Clematis. I don't recommend planting it, sorry.
