LOVE THE PINE STRAW ....

don't recognize the name.. WELCOME ....

forget about the damage .... something caused an insult to the tissue in early spring .... look toward the center and all the new growth is just peachy ... so .. nothing to worry about ...

clip off the offending leaves if they bug you that much ....

the first two look like undulatas... #2 undulata albomarginata [albo=white .... marginata=edge] .... but i am not real good at the ID game.... i am sure others will chime in ... there is a link to an website for such ....

browning edge is too much hot afternoon sun .. or not enough water .... or both ... increase water ... and dont go by what new transplants do .... they need a few years to get a good root mass ... it may not burn down the line .... again .. its the first leaves to emerge.. the center ones look great... so it probably got nipped by frost when it first came up.. as it hasnt been hot enough nor the sun high enough in the sky for burn to show up ...

whenever you see damage... think back in time 3 to 4 weeks ... because that is when it happened.. you are just seeing the result now ....

next time... a few less questions per post .. lol ....

good luck

ken

Welcome! I'm not the resident expert and Ken always has great advice.

Don't be a stranger!

Teresa

Welcome, Eaglebug. :)

I am green with envy over your pine straw!

About identifying these, these links might help but if Ken can't do it, well, maybe no one can. To help you i.d. these guys:

Hooijer's Hosta Undulata Explanations

Tigger's Hosta Undulata Identification &mdash The Usual Suspects

And of course, the photos at the Hosta Library are the best way to double-check once you have a name tentatively identified.

Thanks so much for calming my fears about the browning edges! It's nice to hear someone with experience tell me not to worry. I was getting discouraged because I bought the Halcyon at HD for $2.50 each and I was afraid it was a too good to be true deal.
And thanks for the complements on my pine straw. When I put the pictures on the test forum I got a post warning that it is a fire hazard. Oh well.
Again - you guys have been so great to learn from. I can't wait to show more pictures when everything starts to fill in. I can tell the blooms are coming before too long...

Oh, PLEASE! I've never heard anyone say pine straw is a fire hazard, but I've never had pine straw (hence my envy of yours).

Ken does, though. Hey, Ken, whaddaya know, whaddaya say about pine straw as a fire hazard?

I see some websites suggesting pine straw is a fire hazard in pine forests, where it is deep and has nothing else going on. That's pretty different from how gardeners use it as a mulch, and interspersed with green ground plantings and watered often.

And EagleBug, that "burned" look on #1 is not sunburn, though it looks just like it. It's called "frost dessication" (if you care; really doesn't matter, nothing you can do about it once it happens, and all you can do to prevent it is leave your hostas mulched longer than you want to, in hopes of protecting them from any sneaky late frosts).

they are hosta ....

your only prerequisite is to try to drown them ... WATER >>>> WATER >>>> WATER ..

ergo ... water doesn't burn ....

now pile it up in a forest.. leave it dry for years... it burns ...

who ever wrote that is not familiar with hosta.. ken