Oh no..don't know where u live..your temps were lower than ours in Indy..some of mine have wrinkled leaves..

Far SW Virginia 2300 ft elevation near Blacksburg

I am so sorry, Bruce.

Oh Crap! (Carp for Ken) Is this what they mean when they say Gardening is full of surprises? What fun it is being gardeners! After all these years, though, Bruce, you know that this "stuff" happens every few years. and that it is not the end of the world. (just almost) There is a whole summer ahead. Just very disappointing right now, and I offer my sincerest sympathies.

-Babka

Oh no, that is my worst nightmare. I keep checking on the temps overnight because my hostas just started to show up. So sad :(

Bruce I shared the same sad experience last year and it is awful. I am sorry your beauties were so badly frosted! Shocking isn't it !?!

Bruce, How awful! Spring came on with a vengeance for fellow gardeners this year. Onward and upward!!

My sympathies, Bruce! Owwwwww! What the .. ?!?

I am especially sad about your Aphrodites. Hope you salvage as much as you can and one day soon you can see the gorgeous blooms again! You seem to be taking this in stride...comes with experience, doesn't it? ;-)

Happy spring regardless, Bruce!

A sad sight Bruce, a lot of shattered dreams for this year I guess.

It's the risk we all take at this time of the year so I suppose it's inevitable that some of us will experience this each year.

Here in Wales mine are mainly in pots and just pipping. I have them wrapped up under double layers of fleece as temperatures are forecast to drop over night to below 0 c. over the next week or so.

Once they leaf out I face the prospect of trying to shift 400 or so pots indoors or trying to raise the covering high enough to protect them still. The older I get the less the prospect of trying to get them all inside appeals. At some point they are just going to have to take their chances.

Dave

Very sorry Bruce, that is a lot of damage. We are theoretically past the 'last frost' here....but one predicted tonight. Only a few have started to unfurl, so no problem. Those pictures are devastating.

Jon

Boo! Poor hostas thought it was safe to pop up and look what the crazy spring weather does to them. Sorry to see this, Bruce. :-(

Bruce - after u said it I remember your location..a word of encouragement..my neighbor was having a hosta tour..we had hail..she told me she filled 3 garbage bags with leaves from damaged hostas..they filled in really well..realize your hosta damage IS different but hope they surprise u & look decent..

So sad, I hope everything fights back and you end up with a great display. None of my hostas had emerged when the freeze hit here. Here the damage was no flowers on my bleeding hearts. Time for Mother Nature to straighten up!

Sherry

Not a pretty sight! Just as well not all your plants succumbed equally. You have my sympathy.

BC

They are so sad, hope they recover - partly for selfish reasons. (BG)

We had a couple cold nights, and I couldn't cover everything, so I concentrated on the ones that had leafed out. It got down to 25 degrees, and even some of the covered stuff had a bit of damage. Diana Remembered was just pips and I thought it would be fine, but they all turned to mush. The roots are OK, a few leaves are appearing. Sour Puss was under trees and only a pip, but it has damage, too. Guess they're extra tender. To add insult to injury, a deer cropped Moonstruck, Mistress Mabel and Sun Power to the ground. Chomped on a few others, but they must not have been as tasty. They will look bad, but are still putting out half leaves.

Fingers crossed we both have quickly recovering plants.

Very sorry Bruce...lost a couple of my favorites too.