welcome to GW ... we need more newbies ...

but alas... w/o a picture.. it hard to give you any good help ...

is there any chance that you had a frost a few weeks back.. while they were still furled??? ... that damaged the outer leaf.. which is now causing twisting and curling of those inside.. trying to force their way out???

ken

Hi Ken,
No, we didn't have a frost as the weather has been very rainy and wet--kind of like the west coast of B.C. Everything is just electric green-and growing very fast. This is a very new issue for me--I am a real hands on gardener who doesn't worry too much about things but this has got me stumped. I have heard about a Hosta " rust" and type of fungus but the plants that i have bought have been very clean and up until now, I haven't shared or brought in any new plants from stranger's gardens. I will try to take a picture tomorrow and upload it so that you can see what I am talking about.
Kind regards, Nancy

Take some pics. I will say that here in Maine we had a long, cool, very wet Spring. No frost for a long time now, but just raw without a lot of sun. When it rained heavily, the hosta all had a huge growth spurt, which I think contributed to drawstringing on a few white edged ones I have- perhaps you have some of that going on. Additionally, it was cold here when some eyes broke ground and I've got a few that emerged with crinkly-er than normal leaves (new leaves appear normal). Additionally, I have many that have unsightly brown dots on the leaves that they usually don't get. I'm putting it all down to continually cool (not frosty)temps combined with near constant moisture for weeks. It seems like nothing has dried out since they started to come up.