I’m dealing with excess sun now, too. The yellow ones are bleaching out, some of them faster than others. White edges are melting out, some faster than others. The blues have lost their wax where the leaves are most exposed. The greens are shouting hooray!

I’m letting some of them handle it on their own and sometimes I just take pity on the ones doing poorly and dig them up and transplant them.

Munchkin Fire in a lot of sun. Wiggles and Squiggles, and Ripple Effect were meting away in this bed and moved to the hospital bed.

just get them moved.. leave them on the driveway for a few weeks.. while you get the house set up ... and then slam them in the ground... water like the devil [???} ...

observe.. and rearrange them in fall.. based on said observation ...

prioritize whats important ... moving the home ... and dont worry about the hosta ...

im wondering.. what elevation will do for night heat ... and overall temps ... that cool overnight recovery period.. MIGHT ... make things very different that your prior place ... zone is min winter temps.. and i dont find it a relative issue dealing within z7 .... i suspect.. mountains vs suburbia ... is going to be 2 different worlds ... unrelated to min winter temp ....

more later ....

ken

The overnight temp difference is a major surprise to us. It was 50 yesterday morning! The house is not a huge priority yet as we are in a holding pattern. The other house still hasn’t sold so we are leaving furniture there for staging, so we have minimal set up here.

I am trying to remember to take notes on temp and sun exposure for fall. My big plan is to plant conifers and shrubs. And adjust the hostas accordingly.

The overnight temp difference is a major surprise to us. It was 50 yesterday morning!

==>> sooo... they may tolerate more sun during the day.. since they should be able to recover somewhat at night ... in regard to just that variable ...

i would still try to avoid sun 2 to 6 pm.. what i might call.. the heat of the day ... if you can ... though noon sun might be the most intense... its not when the heat builds..

hosta sweat ... give off water.. at the hottest part of the day ... so that is when it is best to not have them sitting in the sun.. the further south you go ....

when they give off too much.. the leaf tissue burns.. scalds.. and browns.. melts out.. all kinds of words for such ....

but compared to being too dark.. ugly as they might get ... they will grow more roots in more sun.. and grow bigger faster ... so grow them in sun.. then move them to a better spot later on ... presuming they arent giants ... and back breaking work ... etc ..

ken

Here’s a pic of the shade line at 3p. It was cloudy at 2p so I had to wait. I think this bodes well for the 2-6p shade point for the Hosta.

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Keep the potted hostas very well watered, but be careful not to splash water on the leaves. Don't fertilize until next year at the soonest. Otherwise, what Ken said. The hostas will adapt and do fine.

Dhaven, didn’t know about getting water on the leaves. Will water more carefully going forward. Thanks!

Mostly benefits hostas in sun, the light can focus on a bead of water and burn right through the leaf. This will stress the plant, even if only slightly, but it is also a bit unsightly. Plants in full shade can be watered from above, and there are many beautiful photos on this forum with water drops on hostas.

Sounds delightful to be moving to a slightly cooler zone... and cooler nights are really nice.

That little bit of your home that is visible in the photo - looks very pretty - and sort of mountain-ish?

The house(cabin) is in the Blue Ridge mountains. It needs a lot of work, both inside and out but we are enjoying the change.

Welcome to the North Ga mountains. I live over in the Northwest corner and only venture back to Atlanta when I have to. We lived in Cumming for 12 yrs and Conyers for 2. Never going back. Have been here for 25 years and will stay here until the end. Happy gardening!

Thanks! I grew up ITP, then was in Milton for 22 years. I keep going further north lol.

Lol......most of us Northern folks dream about going south! :-)