OH NO!!! And E.A. is one of my MOST favorite!! That is really sad, Jen! :o(

Did you spray them down with a hose at all--just wondering if that is useless to try!

Hope your 'wave' doesn't travel this way!!! Gulp!

So sorry, Margo. It was beautiful too! We've been having record heat here too. Mine don't seem to be effected so far. Maybe because almost all of them are in the shade?

Thanks for offering, but my plate is already full!
Sorry about your Hostas and I can emphasize with you. We have experienced 90-100° every day for about 2 weeks and little relief is in sight. Seems to affect some of the Minis moreso than the larger ones, but any with thin leaves are the first to suffer. My Stained Glass, in full shade, has already bit the dust, almost completely gone. So far, EA is still holding up well, but that can change any day.
I am irrigating 24 hours per day, 3-4 days each week and am still experiencing losses.
We have had to postpone our vacation until cooler weather, to try saving the garden and it may all be for naught!
Fortunes of gardening, I suppose!

is that maple bark in the first pic..

heat aside.. what do you think that giant tree is doing to the soil in a heat wave ...

otherwise.. never seen anything like it..

ken

Doesn't look like loss of water or heat stress to me....looks more like chemical burn, or simple sun burn.
Taht happened to me last year to a Twilight....and it was in solid shade, well watered. No idea why....because the hosta next to it and behind were just fine.
It will be just fine....did you my some chance do anything that would give it more sun in the past2 weeks? Trim something? move a tall plant??

Sorry about your EA. I am all too familiar with that phenomenon. All you can do is water. The leaves transpire faster than the roots can keep up. I have never lost a hosta to that kind of damage, but it sure does make them look bad. I have several medium sized ones that look just like that. We set a record 106 today. This is going to be a long, long summer. Hope your heat spell breaks soon.

aks margo,
I sure can feel your pain, you should see mine today,they were fine yesterday,today,toast!
And we have had rain for the last week, more coming tonight,i am watering them, just to keep, them cooled down, but the ground is saturated,i have never had this happen,but then again, we went from cool weather,to 98 in just a few days.
I hope i can save them.Good luck with yours,keep watering them.
cAROL

I am so sorry. I would be in tears.

What a shame, Margo! I hope the heat wave breaks and she comes back really fast.

Ken, it is a Maple that you see, but I have never had any problems with it. I don't know if it makes a difference the type of Maple, as I never have any problems with hostas under my sugar maples in the backyard either.

I do think, like Carol said, it's because we went from months of low temperatures (which my hostas were loving) to high 90's. It is already cooler today, and we did have some rain this morning. Most are starting to get another flush of leaves right about now, so I think they will bounce back just fine.

It's better than the horrid hail damage I had last year, keeping my fingers crossed.
Jen

Hi Margo, My earth Angel is doing the exact same thing, It is not hear a maple, But it does get more sun. I am tired of the heat already! This is from someone who would like the average temps to be in the 60's!

I'm crying right along with you. The same thing happened to my 1 year old tokudama, and to my Bridegroom. Lower leaves all fried, completely brown. Even though I had watered the night before, the rootzone was again dry. 106 temps are hard to work with for hostas. I cut off the dry leaves and the unfortunate plants are now sitting in buckets of water. I'm a working woman, I can't just hang around the house and water the hostas. I told hubby to, but somehow he forgot. This sucks.

Lainey

I had a new Abba Dabba Do (planted in a lot of sun) suffer the same fate as the EA. I don't care if it looks rough all summer as long as it bounces back next year--which is the hopeful message I am getting from the posts. Sorry about that magnificent EA. Keep us posted next spring as to how it comes out. Mary

A few days ago I put shrouds over my huge Liberty and a few others that are situated in full sun. It's working. The unprotected hostas nearby do have crispy edges. I'm sure it was the sudden high heat even tho we've had abundant rainfall for weeks.

I used the same old sheets that I use spring and fall to prevent frost damage, anything to block the sun.

I'll have to remember that next time it gets this hot. I could put some kind of shade cloth over them.

Jen

Last year I separated some sporting divisions and moved them to a sunnier bed in July - the leaves all fried, I kept watering and dormant eyes emerged. Here is pic of Grand Tiara sport about 5 weeks later -

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Keep watering

Paul

I think it is the drastic change in temperature. I have sun scorch on my Blue Angel.

I'm having some trouble with some of my clematis. Every bloom on 4 of the clematis collapse as soon as the sun hits them. When they get shaded in the late afternoon, the blooms perk up again. I've never seen it happen before, either.

I do believe it is the hot weather,as mine are pretty wet,soon as i sprayed the leaves,they perked up, i will keep them sprayed for sure.
cAROL

Hey everyone. I'm new to this forum and noticed this thread. My hostas are also looking pretty fried. They get very little sun but it comes at midday so the recent 100+ heat in Okla is taking its toll. I've propped lattice up over them to give some shade, and I'm watering every day, but is there anything one could spray on the leaves to help with the burning? Thanks.
GM

The exact same thing happened to my Sum and Substance.I had to bring it inside(nearly impossible to keep potted.).5 leaves had minimal damage/browing,but one leaf was almost completely destroyed.It's just too much here.First we have a hellish Winter and now we're being baked.

Janet, my clematis were doing the same thing. Plus the earwigs were eating them too.