Hi. June is one of the most popular hostas. I love that gold spring color, but it does fade somewhat in my garden. It has excellent slug resistance, and it is one of my favorites. It is a medium, but someone posted a picture of a HUGE one here. This is one of the best hostas.
Mary

June is always in the top 5 when the list of Favorite Hosta is compiled, it is a must have IMO. It is a stunner and very easy to grow. There are lots of photos on the Hosta Library that you can see some of the color variations....

http://www.hostalibrary.org/j/j.html

I would call it a medium sized hosta in my garden and yes it is one of the most slug resistant.

Alexa

I call June my Hosta chameleon. It changes substantially depending on the light exposure it receives. I do count it in my personal top ten, and the first one I planted is situated in such a manner that now it is getting to be more mature, by the time summer rolls around about half the plant will be in much more sun than the other and I can see this unique phenom where the front half will be much lighter and yellower in their variegation than the back half, which will be mostly green variegation.

Immature June will have a thinner margin and be much more golden in its variegation. It is one Hosta that truly reflects what it gets in terms of sunlight: give it lots and it will be much more golden, in naught but shade it is green in its variegation. If you want your June to stay yellow variegated, you'd best put it in a bright spot where it gets a fair bit of direct sun during the course of the day, but preferably not mid afternoon, more like early morning or late in the day.

Pieter

Thank you so much for the information. That yellow spring growth I saw is so attractive that I wish I had a place for it even if the intense yellow color dulls/changes. Pardon my ignorance but how much sun can a Hosta take? Are they purely shade plants in our hot summer climate?

In a hot climate hostas do not handle much sun at all. I have one area that gets a little morning sun, and they do OK. They might survive in sun if you can keep them watered enough, but they will probably be so burned up and ratty, that you will not enjoy them. If you could keep them alive and move them to more shade the next summer, they would put on more growth. You will find yourself wanting more and more shade! Did you find room for June? It does have a bluish edge. The solid yellow is May or English Sunrise, but if I had to choose, it would be June.
Mary

Thanks so much Mary. Since you are in Texas you can empathize with the heat/sun problem that we have in Oklahoma. I think I read somewhere that Hostas are really great for zones 6 and up, but become increasingly more difficult to grow well (the key word is WELL) in zones 7 down. I'm still investigating options right now. I'm even looking at yellow/gold Sun Coleuses, although I haven't found anyone as knowlegable or experienced with their many varieties as are the Hosta forumers. Everyone is so helpful here. Again, thanks to all of you........Maryl