From my experience in Zone 4, Guacamole and Stained Glass can take a lot of sun with enough water. I have heard that Paul's Glory gets quite white with a lot of sun. Sounds like it might be pretty.

all fragrant hosta.. like SG and Gauc will take as much sun as you can give them.. and actually need it for best flower production in z5 ....

blueness is a wax.. which when super heated in summer followed by a rainstorm.. will wash off.. they will grow faster when green.. but not be as blue ... later int eh summer ...

frankly in z5 ann arbor MI .. nearly everything can take full sun.. if you can drown them.. and by the time they get ratty in august.. i dont care ... the best shade.. would be shade only from about 1pm to 4 pm.. just the highest heat of the day .... the further south you go.. the more concern you should have ...

just give it a go ...NEVER OVERTHINK hosta... you can always move them next spring if you think they can do better in a better spot...

but some of those you picked are big ones 5 years down the line ... and you better place them properly in the first three years.. or you will be renting a backhoe..

good luck
ken

I have a Paul's Glory that gets quite a bit of sun and it does ok, same for my Stained Glass and Guacamole. Your Blue Angel, Blue Cadet, and Earth Angel won't like too much sun, so you might want to re-think where you will plant them. Also keep them well watered, esp, since it's been so hot.
Donna

I lot of times they will look bad the first year in a lot od sun but come back the next year ready to handle it better for some reason

i agree gauc. and family can take lots of sun and look great

Look at these 3 threads on water, you may consider constant wet feet.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/hosta/msg041234014383.html

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/hosta/msg062244474699.html?8

Here is a link that might be useful: water

I dug up my Stained Glass a month ago and planted it in a lot of sun just to get it moving--and it is really moving and showing no sun damage so far. I have had a row of 4 Blue Cadets in sun from 11 am-to 3 pm daily for 4 years. They are not as blue, but they grow beautifully, have no leaf damage and are absolutely stunning. I often grow hosta in some sun for a year or two just to get a good size and root structure before permanently placing them. To tell the truth, no plant is safe from moving in my yard for any reason until they get too big to haul around! Mary

I have the following and they all get morning sun for at least 4 hours :

Earth Angel
Guacamole (over 6 hours)
Wide Brim (over 6 hours)
Paul's Glory (over 6 hours)
Blue Cadet

They do well, of course, they get watered. have several Blue Cadets. One is in almost complete shade and it's half the size of the other two. The ones in sun are retaining their blue coloring pretty well.

Thanks everyone. The Blue Angel is in the dappled shade garden and doing well, but I think I'll move it a few feet now so I won't have to in a few years when it's huge. I'm going to move the 3 Guacamole out of the shade, as well as some of the 10 (yes, 10) Wide Brim. I think I'll split up the 6 Blue Cadet, some in sun and some in shade. I think I'll keep the Earth Angel near the Blue Angel in the dappled shade/sun. I'm going to put the Paul's Glory in the sun.

I'm sort of divided over where to put the Stained Glass. According to above it should handle sun ok. But two of the three I have look toasted. I think I'll put 2 of the 3 in the sun and see what happens.

Anyone want to come and help me dig?

Also, anyone who checks this thread, please let me know other hosta you have found to be sun tolerant. Thanks.

I found this post while searching to figure out why my
"stained glass" looks so sun scalded around the margins of the leaves. It is planted in a partly sunny location. It's shaded by the house on it's east side. It gets part sun in the afternoon with tall trees growing to the west of it about 30 ft. away. The other varieties of hostas I planted this
year are looking good. I'm having an experience like Sue.
I don't think the problem is wet feet. We've had a lot of rain in the last two weeks but the scalded look started before that.
Linda Renee

Another post to help those who have lost shade and to irritate curmudgeons.