Not Sun power. Your plant appears to have six vein pairs and sun power is 12 to 14.

But wouldn't a younger Sun Power have less veins than a mature one?

hopefully it's not virused but just nutrient deficient.

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virus isnt usually a early spring issue ...

and since it should have come up on stored energy.. i doubt its a nutrient issue ...

some plants just come up like that in spring ...

what is it???.. i have no clue.. but it is NOT august moon .... but that is just opinion ....

label it '6 buck mystery' .. and call it a day ...

ken

ps: if the pot has the price.. it shouldnt be surprising.. why the pot was switched ...

So I'll take August Moon off the list as a possibility.

I understand it is pretty difficult to ID a young plant. Just thought I would ask. Perhaps more time will tell.

Yup, the pot has the price. Pretty easy to have them switched.

I got a beautiful Empress Wu in 2012 that was marked wrong for about that price. Then they were very expensive so I scored. It is huge now

Lucky you! almosthooked! Now that's the kind of story I'd like to be saying about this hosta in a few years!

I have seen young Sun Power with less veins so that is likely it. Much better fit than any of the others on the list.

" But wouldn't a younger Sun Power have less veins than a mature one?"

Yes, but maybe not half the vein pairs.

Yours is very "strappy", as in narrow and long. Also, it has more undulations than the Sun Powers on HL seem to have.

There is one younger one on the HL (photo by Sandra Lane), and it seems more arrow shaped.

bkay

Here's a young Sun Power. It appears more strappy as well:

green mountain hosta

You may have to wait for a while to ID this one.

Agree re: half the veins

Peren.all, it does seem that from the list, Sun Power is the one that seems the most likely.

bkay, I had a look at the other Sun Powers. Your point about number of vein pairs does make sense.

OK, I guess that's all that can be figured out right now. I will watch its growth and its changes this year. Next year should be a better year to get an idea of what hosta this is.

Thanks everyone!

I meant to post this leaf closeup.

It should be a beautiful hosta. The undulations are exceptional. Can you see how beautiful it will be when it fills out? I'm assuming it will be a little darker when fertilized.

As we tell the kids, "You did good".

bkay

Thank you for saying that bkay! I appreciate it!

Thank you Kathy on not giving up on posting! I know how irritating and frustrating it is after all the effort to write a comment and it disappears---even more so, when it is a long post! I am pleased that my thread encouraged you to continue to try to save your Sun Powers. Yours are ever so cute!

I see the resemblance to mine! I will try to take a few more pictures later on and see what happens to the coloring. Maybe we can compare photos in the summer or next spring?

Does it look like this? I will check with McTavish if it is ( Myrle gave it to me years ago) She said it is Ophar and it does turn green as the summer progresses

If you haven't already, I think it's safe to take Blaze of Glory off the list of possibilities. Even when young mine had wider leaves and not so wavy.

My Sun Power’s leaves do not undulate that much Beautiful plant!