Absolutely! I hate to say so..... I just dug out an affected one today. Look at the post from a couple days ago called “I think I have a sport.” It has lots of good information. What’s most important is to dig it up carefully, roots and all, throw out or burn and then sterilize your tools with a ten % bleach solution. You cannot plant another hosta there for three or more years because the virus lives in the soil for that long. However you can plant other plants there as the virus does not affect other plants. I just spent my Memorial Day doing this.

Did you get the big freeze a few weeks ago? A lot of my plants look "diseased " this year. It is frost damage.

This is my Irish Luck. Froze pretty solid between May 7th and May 14th.

I'm in zone 5 ( southern ontario), I will assume Zone 4 you had a similar problem.

Don't be too quick to dig out your plant.

Just my opinion.

Here's the frost damage on a Sum and Substance .

do you have other frost/freeze damage in your garden?

No vein bleed. Frost damage seems more likely. I would wait a few weeks and see how the new leaves come up. I have had frost-damaged leaves fool me before. HVX is not airborne and does not leap from one plant to another. You could safely observe that hosta in its place for a few weeks without digging it up or destroying it. As D said above, you cannot plant another hosta in that spot for a couple of years, so what is the hurry? If you dig it up for suspected HVX, you have to sterilize your tools.

Consider laziness. It may work well.

I may stand corrected but it looks very similar to what my plant looked like that I thought it definitely was. Let me post my photo and maybe you can tell me the difference. I am happy to learn.

debra

I was going to say yours could be cold damage, but I think the new leaves look infected too, not just the ones that were out during the cold. Plus its not showing other signs of cold damage, except in that second picture.

Thanks Steve. I did get a confirmation from a trusted forum member, so out it went. I will find some other nice plant for that area. Question tho——when I use my tools to plant there again, I will have to sterilize them again......right?

I meant no offense. I re-read my post and still see no harm in my message. I am sorry if I offended anyone.

UTOG, you did not offend me, if that’s what you’re thinking. I am happy to hear everyone’s comments. I already have two Gold Standards, so removing it for me was better safe than sorry. Besides in a couple of weeks I‘m having a hip replacement and so for me the wait and see wouldn’t work right now. Thanks for your comments, I am always looking and willing to learn from people here. Now I will research about cold/freeze damage so I can learn to recognize the difference. 👍🏽