So sorry to hear of this! I'm sure at least a few leaves are still functioning. I'd leave them in place until new ones grow so that the plant can feed itself. Maybe trim off the totally destroyed leaves to make way for new ones.

Thanks so much! It does make sense to try to leave as many leaves (haha) as possible. My aunt also recommends a kelp foliar feed to reduce stress, so i'll give that a try once it stops pouring!

So sad!

The good news is that it's early enough in the season that these will almost certainly put out lots of new leaves, although the plant as a whole will not be as large as it was. By next year, they will look as good as they did before the hail shredded them. Not much consolation now, but at least you aren't likely to lose any plants.

I am so sorry. It happened to me last year and I know the heartache feeling. It will get better.

Oh dear! It hurts to look at those photos. That is the worst hail damage I've seen. I hope you took lots of pics before that happened. They are still perfect under the ground, and they will return. My sympathies.

-Babka

I have pictures from previous years. Here's a couple

That green/green one above is my favorite hosta. It came from a piece that lived in my Great grandmother's garden in Indiana.

So sorry to hear of this loss. Others on this forum have been throughit and we all sympathise with you. The green/green one is lovely and how special to have taken it from you GGm's garden. I don't think my Gma had ever heard of hosta let alone my GGma.

Your poor hostas got hit hard. Hail is so harsh! I got hit in early May but a lot were leafed out already. I let the tattered leaves stay on the plants because they've lost so much of the green leaf space they need to draw in energy, that I didn't want to lessen what they had left. I hope you can get a second flush of leaves, and that they'll avoid getting hit next year and be as lovely as ever.

Oh your beautiful hostas! I'm so sorry.

even green stalks photosynthesize ... so.. as stated.. leave it all there... until it reflushes .... then take as few as possible out.. to make them look presentable ...

if you dont.. they will probably be smaller next year.. due to all the spent stored energy ... rather than doing it from current energy ...

best year ever ... was the year .... 6 weeks after the first storm ... and near full recovery.. i got a 2nd storm ...

ken

Has anyone heard from Don? Arvada is not that far from him. I am a Chicken Little, ken.