I have payed close attention to the moisture. Because it has been so wet, and our temperatures aren't that high, the days it is not raining there is no need to water as the ground stays wet. So I have not been watering. Thanks for the tip on mowing. I thought that if I mowed over the small amount that is starting to grow, it would kill it. It's getting fairly tall so I will probably mow tomorrow.

I remember a few years back, someone posted pics of their hosta growing in a bog. I think the key is that the crown itself is not allowed to sit in water. I mean, I have hosta that have been sitting in water for weeks to root a broken crown.... they're not rotten. Besides, where hosta is native, gets a TON of precip! I personally think they've gotta be loving it. We've had 2" in the last 24 hours!

it might be sun scorch. If it rained and then got sunny the leaves on top may have been burned? Its hard to say without a picture. I probably would just get rid of those dead leaves. If u tug them a little and they seem to be ready to come off I would just get rid of them.

If you could untill the ground and remove the peat you'd be ahead of the game. Where do you live? Is the area shaded or sunny most of the day? We need that info to help you more. Your zone doesn't matter, we need the location. Most people who think they have clay have other stuff going on. If they try to fix it like it was clay then they are doing the wrong thing. There is a test called the jar test which can help you decide if you need further testing. Get a straight sided jar, fill it half way with soil, and measure the amount of soil with a ruler next to the glass (TAKE A PICTURE). Fill the jar with water and a short squirt of shampoo or dish soap. Cap the jar and shake it until all the soil is dissolved. Set the jar down, hold the ruler up and take another picture. After 2 minutes take another picture with the ruler. After 2 hours take another picture. After 2 days take another picture. What you will see is settling of sand/gravel (2 minutes), silt (2 hours), and clay (2 days). If you can see through the water on top of the soil after 2 days you don't have very much clay. Clay particles remain suspended for days and days to cloud the water. You can divide the sand by the total to get percentage of sand. Subtract the sand from the 2-hour picture settling and divide by the total to get the silt percentage. The rest will be clay. When you discover that you don't have any clay at all, then you might want to get a soil chemistry test to see what is the problem. Likely it is an imbalance of salts in the soil with too much magnesium being a possible problem.