Here is a picture of the FLW plant, in the middle. All the surrounding plants are healthy (on top is a tall yellow blooming perennial). Perhaps FLW needs a bleach bath...

Thank you Connie! Initially in spring I had new leaves getting mushy as they unfurled and treated plant with Bayer Disease Control. Thereafter, plant was OK except for past damage from the bacteria attack. But now all leaves are drying up from the outside.

I just dug up that FLW hosta. All roots are perfect, no rot, not even old rot, therefore no bleach bath required. So I think it does not like direct sun and being confined in a spinout bag. Perhaps I missed a few days watering it (but others are OK!). I replanted it in an all-day shady spot, and will see how it behaves next year. Perhaps it got exhausted from those bacteria and then Bayer attacks.

I wonder if it might be shutting down for the season. The nights have been cooler here and I have at least one plant that looks like yours does & a few others have started to yellow on the edges.

Mine loses it's blue color and then burns - not too impressed with this one.

Gary, thanks! It should do better then in total shade, will find out next year.

I probably should have added that I have a potted one and one in the garden. The one in the garden gets a couple of hours of mid-day sun and that's the one that burns. The potted one is in the shade and hasn't burned, but still lost its blue very early in my opinion . (Nice looking green hosta though.)

Bernd, mine is potted, shaded by other Hostas and by trees for the majority of the day.

We have had a few cool nights and days just recently.

Here it is, taken today.

I agree with Gary, it seems to loose it's blue pretty quickly but still makes a good looking plant.

Hoping for a bit of a leap next year.

Dave

Thanks Dave and Gary. I live in zone 5 and have a long cold and snowy winter with no hostas outside for 6 months. I want my hostas not be burned up in August, so am getting rid of plants with burned up leaves and slug/snail shredded leaves. So I will see next year in shade how FLW is doing. 'Lakeside Surf Rider' is still perfect. This week I will remove 4 'Golden Tiara' which are all shredded and dried up where others are not, replace those with 2 'Rhino Hide'.

I like my Rhino Hide - as long as the letters "s-l-o-w-g-r-o-w-I-n-g" don't bother you.

Too true, there has been no increase in size in mine over the last two seasons and it's already given up for this year!

Dave

My 'Rhino Hide' is doing fine, gets some late morning sun. I actually grew its seed last winter and have now a ft wide good looking blue/green RH. I like their thick leaves which prevents any slug damage. Here is my h. 'Rhino Hide' which I bought 2 years ago from Naylor.