Damaged leaves - Armandii - HELP!

Hello

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.

 

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

Thats why we don't let him out in the garden straight after a shower unless he's used the big towel

 

http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~linda chalker-scott/horticultural myths_files/Myths/Leaf scorch.pdf

however ..... I always read with an open mind and don't always agree with everything I read on the internet

 

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

 

in her summary (the bottom line)

quote:
• Wet foliage is not susceptible to sunburn

 

Sorry, got bored before getting that far

 

Thanks guys

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!