Fortune's hosta vs Hosta

Slugs and snails are the main problem: they can riddle the leaves with holes in a short time, so control has to start as the shoots emerge. In the hot, dry summers of Central Europe the leaves scorch and brown at the edges in midday and afternoon sun, especially on white and yellow variegated forms; plant it in shade or at most morning sun and water in dry spells. The crown can rot in waterlogged soil. Plants infected with Hosta Virus X (mottled, distorted leaves) must be removed and destroyed, as the virus spreads on tools and by division. Hail and strong wind tear the leaves, and vine weevil grubs can attack the roots of plants in pots.

Slugs and snails are the main enemy: from spring on they chew ragged holes in the leaves and can ruin a plant in a short time; thick, tough-leaved cultivars (many of the blue ones) resist better. Leaves brown and scorch in strong sun and dry soil, and the waxy bloom of blue forms wears off. Late spring frost damages the newly emerging shoots, and hail shreds the leaves. Hosta virus X (HVX) cannot be cured: remove and destroy any plant with mottled, mosaic-patterned or distorted leaves, roots included, and disinfect your tools. Vine weevil grubs in pots and voles in the ground may eat the roots, and foliar nematodes also occur.