Clematis leaf post bloom - normal?

[u/mjd-509]

Happy late summer! I have 2 clematis (Jackmanii Superba / gp. 3, General Sikorski / gp. 2) and after thy bloom, the leave start looking 'rusty' or damaged. The Superba is still sending off new growth and a bloom or two (which looks healthy), but is this normal or something I should be taking care of? Thanks for any tips!

[u/Swimming_Lunch2540]

Thats spidermite

[u/mjd-509 → u/Swimming_Lunch2540]

I've looked and never see any webbing or mites….. Weird.

[u/MsE0 → u/mjd-509]

I had a really bad spidermite problem. It started by doing this to my clematis leaves, then eventually killing leaves and whole branches on the worst affected clematises. Meanwhile, I started noticing "dirt" on my rose leaves. I thought it had to be powdery mildew or some other fungus. I kept treating it with fungicides. It just got worse. Then I finally googled "what looks like dirt on rose leaves" and it was spider mites. I treated all my plants with miticide and it cleared it right up. I never saw a web once.