Stained Glass and Guacamole will get to the same size and both are very sun tolerant.

Pieter

Both of those choices do well with sun. IMO the Patriots would look better with the hydrangeas, just don't know how shady it really is there. If too shady, it would affect how well they would develop.

The shadier site has several hours of morning sun. The sunnier site has both morning and noon sun. We live in Georgia, so noon sun is pretty hot already. If Stained Glass and Guacamole are similar, which one will look better with my Hydrangea and Azalea?

Stained Glass definitely has brighter color... gets my vote.

Sounds like enough sun at the hydrangeas for whatever hosta you decide to put there.

If you are going to buy hostas at a big box store, I would be very cautious about doing so. A lot of cases of HVX are found at big box store hosta purchases. You would be safer if you kept your big box hosta purchases as strictly container plants so that you do not contaminate your soil if they should prove to be infected.

Thank you so much for all of your advice. I think I will put Patriot with the hydrangeas in the shadier site and Stained Glass with the azaleas in the sunnier site.

We have good experience with plant purchases from Costco in the past. Thanks for the warning. I will wait before planting them in the ground. How long should I wait?

Where in Georgia? Most of Georgia is going to be hot enough that you are going to want very limited sun for hosta.

What zone are you in?

I am in North Mississippi zone 7b and have not had good experiences with Patriot after several tries.

Guacamole and Stained Glass like our climate but will need some relief from the sun in the afternoon.

You will need to try to drown them in July and August.

We live in Alpharetta of Georgia, zone 7b. I am really confused about Hosta's light requirements. So far the only two half decent hostas I have are growing under more sun than those dying hostas. And I did not even plant those dying hostas in my shadiest site. Not sure the name of these two hostas.

We went to Costco this afternoon and bought home 8 Stain Glass and all of their available Patriot in the store - 9 Patriot for $12.99 each. I need 12 Patriot. So will shop a different Costco tomorrow. Never have spent so much money on plants purchase. Initially my husband was not happy. But after seeing those hostas in our flower beds, he did not complain any more. They look so nice even in the containers. Hopefully they all survive.

Out of 5 Patriots I planted here 7 years ago, 1 is a nice large plant. 2 of them are small but still hanging on. 1 has shrunk to 1 small eye, and 1 died.

I was talking to a nursery owner from Aiken and he said they quit growing Patriot due to poor performance. I just don't think that one does well in the Southeast despite being available at the big box stores.

Stained Glass and Guacamole are descended from H. Plantaginea and have both done well for me. I've also had good luck with other Plantaginea descended hostas as well. Another family that has done well for me is Halcyon and it's sports like June.

In my yard that is in a similar climate, hostas do best with morning sun followed be shade that lets in a very small amount of filtered light (bright shade).

Link to an older article from LSU about hostas for the South:

http://www.lsuagcenter.com/topics/lawn_garden/commercial_horticulture/ornamentals/thriving-hostas-for-southern-louisiana-landscapes

I find their experiences and recommendations to be good for the Southeast.

If Costco does a 1 year plant guarantee like some of the other big box stores, I'd keep your receipt, particularly for the Patriots you bought.

I'd also suggest shopping at a local nursery that knows your climate and can make suggestions suited to your situation. Here is one local hosta grower. I've never shopped there but they are local to you:

https://pineforestgardens.com

I’m in Milton, so I’m guessing you were at the Windward Costco. So you are probably pretty close to me. You need a lot of shade or water for hosta in our area. Check out the selection at Scottsdale.

That is a good idea. I am not sure whether Costco has guarantee, but I will definitely keep the receipts. So far Japanese Maple, Hydrangea, Azalea are doing my well in my yard. Gardenia is so so. Hosta is not OK. Actually I did see lots of leaves coming out, but whenever they came out, they were soon eaten by animals. Cross my fingers on these new ones.

Yes. We bought them at the Windward Costco.

I have never had any luck with Patriot or any of its comrades. I did have Two Revolutions, one is thriving and one reverted to a pretty green.

I just checked. Looks like Costco will accept returns for almost anything. So I guess the plants are no exception.

Hi Annette,

Sounds great. I try to send you a message, but it seems you have not enabled messaging in Houzz.

Hmm, I get messages from people on here so not sure what’s up. I sent you a message to test.

My Guacamole has done much much better than Stained Glass--that being said SG is a prettier plant, in my opinion. June is simply a spectacular plant--that's why everyone buys them. I have 2--one in the sun and one in the shade. The one in the shade is definitely prettier.

I suspect the June I saw in the store grow under too much sun. I should have taken a picture there. Below is a picture I found online that looks similar to what I saw in the store. It looks almost like green leaves turning yellow. I found another 3 gallon Patriot in a different Costco, but still short of 2. I am thinking about maybe buying two June online, but not sure whether they look good next to Patriot.

Your pic above IS what an immature June looks like. I would hesitate to plant it with the Patriots though, not the best pairing IMO.

Keep your empty pots from Costco, as they want an actual dead plant with your return.

Best of luck with your plantings, alwaysu.

I have wondered whether the plant was mislabeled in the store. So usually how long does it take to mature? Here is my Patriots look right now in one of my flower beds. The three big hydrangeas have been planted for three years. Just planted 4 more one gal ones last week. Sorry have not put on new mulch this year. Plan to work on that after planting all the hostas. Never thought about keeping empty pots. That is a great suggestion. Will definitely follow your advice.

While it's possible for young Junes to look more yellow, the one you're comparing it to looks a lot like June Fever, so I wonder if they were mislabeled. JF is not related to June, but the names could get mixed up.

Good luck with your Patriots. That will be a nice display.

How much sun does that area get? You are going to want hostas near Atlanta to be in at most 2-3 hours of morning sun followed by almost complete shade the rest of the day.

My experience is that Patriot is probably not going to do well for you. Three of us in a similar climate have shared similar experiences with Patriot. If it was me, I'd take the Patriots back since you haven't planted them. You could then take that money and go to a local hosta nursery with pictures and a description of your planting area to get good recommendations on what will succeed in that space.

This area gets several hours of morning sun. But even morning sun is filtered somewhat by a big old maple tree more than 25 feet away. My backyard has nothing but shade. But hostas did not grow well there, if grow at all. I believe one of my two surviving hostas is Francee, which was struggling until I move it to the front yard. So that makes me think that my previous site may be too shady. This flower bed is in my side yard. Since both Hydrangea and Japanese maple grow well here, I figure it may be a good spot for hostas as well. Will see.

Patriot has not done well in my garden either. You could get the same look with good old undulata albomarginata which is a workhorse Hosta in my garden, always does well and is a very handsome Hosta.

Bonus is they are very inexpensive.

That's really pretty!

They look almost the same as Patriots. Thanks for the information.