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Damaged leaves - Armandii - HELP!

Discussion in 'General Gardening Discussion' started by merleworld, Apr 24, 2012.

  1. merleworld

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    Hello :blue thumb:

    My newly planted Clematis armandii's leaves are looking all weird. I thought the dots were mud splashes, but they aren't.

    The leaves have lots of tiny bits of damage - and a similar thing has happened to my Sarcococca confusa, which has not yet been planted out.

    Can anybody tell me what has caused the damage please? We haven't had any frosts recently but we have had a ton of rain.

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    I think you'll find, Merleworld, that it might be sun scorch from when the leaves were wet. The drops of water magnify the sun rays onto the leaves, and it is a known thing with Evergreen Clematis, of which there are more than Armandii!! You will also find that it will have leaves turning brown which is natural, just remove then.:biggrin:
     
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    Having just googled how many fungus diseases Clematis can get, I was releived to look at the pics & come to the same conclusion as Armandii, sun scorch:dbgrtmb:

    Thats why we don't let him out in the garden straight after a shower unless he's used the big towel:snork:
     
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      She's probably right about a thorough drenching not causing it, its when you get splashes that form droplets on a dry leaf, the surface tension holds the droplets in a shape that acts like a magnifying glass, concentrating the sun's rays into one point.

      Anyone that doesn't beleive that, just put a few droplets of water on your shoulders & stand in the sun for half an hour, the blistered skin you'll get will be terrible, seen it happen:hate-shocked:
       
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        in her summary (the bottom line)

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        • Wet foliage is not susceptible to sunburn
         
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          Sorry, got bored before getting that far:doh:
           
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            Thanks guys :blue thumb:

            Must have happened before I planted it because it's in a north facing border which gets no sun. Not that we've had very much sun lately! :cool:
             
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              As I said, merelworld, it's nothing to worry about. Just make sure in the late Autumn you protect it with a good high mulch to protect the roots.:biggrin:
               
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