clematis armandii

Hi everyone! Planted a clem. Armandii last year to climb up pergola, its growing well...it hasnt flowered yet mind, I just noticed tht the foliage on the bottom of the plant is green and further up the leaves turn a reddy brown colour...its like its a different plant further up. Its growing great tho and looks healthy, I was just wondering if this is normal.:cnfs:

 

Hi girliecook, I planted my Armandii last year and its exactly the same, the reddy brown leave's are the new evergreen leaves. so dont worry, I did get some flowers tho, about 6 and they were lovely, hoping for more next year...

 

Patience, my dear!.. if it looks heathy, give it time to grow up! don't feed it too much now!

 

Ahhhh yours is Armandii Bob, I asked in your New garden thread what it was, Ooooh mine will flower like that in a couple of years then, im trying to persuade the hub to put netting on the roof of the Shed, and tomorrow were putting more wire along the front as there's nowhere for the new shoots to go

A Couple of pics of mine..







And the half dozen flowers i got Appleblossom is its name..

 

Hi youngdaisydee! I cant wait for mine to reach tht stage...and the flowers r lovely, even tho you didnt av many...we'l just av to be patient i suppose.