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What's wrong with my Clematis?

lyndawalker25lyndawalker25 Posts: 9
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I have an etoile violette which has been perfectly happy for 2 years. Great growth so far this season and tonight I noticed that some leaves  near the bottom are turning dark brown/black.  Is it wilt??  Or something else.  I'm having no luck searching online really.

I can't see anything wrong with stems or drooping further up the plant.

Not sure what to do! It's my favourite plant 🙁

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  • lyndawalker25lyndawalker25 Posts: 9
    No one? Does no-one know if this is wilt? Or just lack of nutrients of some kind? 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It isn't wilt  :)
    Bit of weather or general damage. No plant is perfect 24 hours a day, all year round  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    One of mine is just the same, never did find out what causes it. As Fairygirl says, no plant is perfect all the time.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Make sure it isn't short of water.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    edited May 2020
    I get this on two of my clematis every year. It does not seem to damage the plant overall. They flower and come back every year. I don't know what it is either. I don't like to spray but I've tried anti fungus, rust etc to no avail. I've fed them with liquid seaweed in case they are missing a mineral. Still makes no difference. I would be interested to know too. Seems to affect the larger flowered ones and not Montana's, viticella or Armandii. 
  • Richard HodsonRichard Hodson Posts: 790
    Too much nitrogen, I think.  Definitely not wilt. Have you been feeding it ?
  • lyndawalker25lyndawalker25 Posts: 9
    Yes we did give it a feed of blood, fish and bone about 3 weeks ago. So maybe that then!! Thanks for the replies. Just relieved it's not wilt.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Wouldn't have thought that would have been any problem, unless you've given them tons! 
    Mine get a little B,F&B in spring, if I remember.  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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