That much white is unusual for this cultivar, which is a sport of 'Orange Marmalade'. It is usually described as having "glowing, yellow-orange centers" (not white) but maybe that takes a tad more age and/or sun to develop properly.

As to the HVX, did the discussion focus on this cultivar? Purchasing from a nursery such as Swanson's or from a reputable hosta speciality source is typically a way to succssfully avoid this disease as they tend to have only certified, virus-free plants.

And the plant is showing no obvious signs of hvx but often they don't show up readily in younger plants, taking a season or two for the symptoms to develop.

if you want a comment on an old post.. you should have linked us to it ... eh???

white tissue has no chlorophyll .... so it looks like every leaf.. lacks 90% of its ability to convert sunshine into plant food .... and i would question whether you can make that up with fert ....

also ... hosta sweat .. and white tissue if the first tissue to burn.. when the plant lacks shade during the heat of the day .... if you can not drown it sufficiently enough to avoid the desiccation ...

soooo .. PERFECT placement is the imperative .. and good luck with that ... lol ..

the only upside appears to be that you are in the PNW ....

i would suggest you put it in full sun.. but for the heat of the day.. if seattle knows what the heat of a given day is .... lol ...

i havent had this one in particular.. but i have had many similar types ... and frankly.. in my MI ... most of them disappeared after a year or two ... and i had them on irrigation .. apparently.. sand plus heat [easily around 90 for most of july/august] ... isnt approved.. lol ...

good luck with it ...

ken

ps: you might talk with the seller [or intuit it from observation] ..... and find out how they have dealt with it.. since apparently they perfected it all for your area .... hope they dont tell you that you need a poly house or shade house.... lol ...

This one is an easy grower for me. I have it planted in no sun until 3:30ish and then full sun after that. I decided I like the early, less white coloration better, so I moved it back so the full sun doesn't hit until later.

2016

2018 - Early July right after I moved it, so it was getting good light before this. Guess I'll see how it grows next year.

Unlike effectively monsoonal eastern North America we routinely experience dry summers out here, with many sites becoming quite parched anywhere there isn't a high water table or serious artificial irrigation. And various western WA locations from the latitude of Seattle southward have been recording strings of afternoons in the 90's F. this summer. With the Mont-lake weather station (in Seattle) having recorded something like 106 F. awhile back. I would definitely plant an item like this hosta is a well shaded position in our area, if it develops burnt sections on the white part it will spoil the effect.

I was mostly worried about the HVX part due to previous conversations, since none of you were overly concerned about that she went into the ground this morning during a little rain shower :) Thanks everyone!