Dog-gone it! That is a beautiful 'Striptease'--love the strong white lines BUT-----BAG IT!!!! :o(

Another 'but'---get more votes, than just mine!!!!!

I've already gotten rid of one striptease, which I had bought at a big box store. So I bought a new one two years ago from a very reputable seller. This year mine looks like yours. I am planning on bagging mine, and have given up on ever having a healthy striptease:(

I managed to get one of mine away from my June to other side of yard in a pot - the other which is so lush & large is still in the ground. this breaks my heart, as striptease is such a gorgeous, strong grower....

boo hoo for us

I would take it back to the store for a refund if you still have a slip--or at least to show them what they are dealing in. Those big stores are getting by with unethical practices at all of our expense. I stay f-a-r away from those places when it comes to my Hosta purchases as there are too many honest hard-working growers who, with our purchases, can grow more beautiful healthy Hosta for us. Mary PS I am not that naive that I don't know that good growers don't have problems also, but at least they mostly stand behind their products.

mine is in isolation over 50 feet from all known hosta,might just stay there for good.

Take it back to the big box store and be persistant with them. They will likely refund the cost to you. I did this earlier this year. Went to their website, registered a complaint with them, got a call from the local manager who told me to come back in for a refund, even without the reciept. They were very accomodating to me. Consider that to them, the cost of one hosta is not worth a mad customer.

definitely infected and definitely take it back.

With all the problems with plants from box stores, I don't know why anyone would take a chance on them anymore.
Pam

Now I'm torn....

Hey j, I didn't realize what a nice plant this was until I looked the pic really good. It really is pretty....so I might just register a complaint against the bb store and dig it up and move it far, far away to some lonely place in the garden. And I thought that viruses were just for people and pets....what do I know? I won't just sit by and do nothing, though, huh!!!! Thanks to everybody for their input!

Tanya

it is hard to find these without hvx anymore i think chris stopped selling them. I would check with naylor, hallsons, or ask josh if he has any. If you can't find one let me know and i will send you one (but it may take awhile - ask hey j)

Thanks for the info, greenguy! I'll have to check on that. In the meantime, if there is a lonely ST that is zeez free just lying around somewhere, someone could send it to a certain someone else who would be MOST grateful!!! Maybe I could return the favor sometime. I just planted all of mine this year, except for just a few, so it will be a while before anything is big enough to separate. Like I have something that you don't........hahahahahaha ROTFL. You know what? You all are the best friends I have never met!!!

My DH asked me if UPS and post office were closed today because there were no boxes on our front porch. What a comedian.....

Tanya

Greenguy how old is yours?

Mine is 7 years and 48" across and just started showing signs of HVX. About 8 leaves are showing leaf change and distinctive signs. Sad day but unless tested you never know if it's dormant. Never showed any signs last year. :(

I have had mine for 6 years got it from naylor so i think it is fine. It better be i have divided it a bunch of times for people

does anyone know if naylor had any infected plants? I think they only get tc plants that are clean - or am i wrong?????

they still offer it on their website

I really hope it doesn't show any signs.
I was sure I was out of the woods last year but then in June I started seeing some tell tale signs. Because of it's size it is near other hosta's. I am in a slow process to carefully move what is around it.

Remember back 7 years ago HVX was just being talked about and not much more from some growers. It was only about that time did it occur that this is a serious situation. And at that point conscientious growers had already gotten burned. For mine to stay dormant for long is disappointing.

I don't know if anyone seen this article about 4 or 5 years ago, there was a magazine article about a private hosta garden that they were featuring. I can't remember the name of the plant but featured a picture of a hosta as a collector plant this lady had...OMG it wasn't a collecters plant it was HVX! I wonder how many people at that time wrote in. The women had no clue.

And to even put another twist on this some of you may remember 10 years back that people were collecting, registered and showing infected plants. What a scarey thought but true!

So now I have to schedule a funeral for it. To bad it was a lovely specimen.