Well mayfirst - first of all WELCOME! I see you have a birthday coming up soon. An early birthday with to you. You can move them now or you can move them later when they are leafed out. Go to the FAQ section at the top of the page. Ken_Adrian has a nice contribution with photos on how to move a fully leafed out hosta. Good luck and hope to see more of you! Teresa

Someone suggested Vicks Salve. My Mom passed a year ago and had a old jar in her belongings. I know this stuff was old. The instructions I read was put some on a couple of leaves. Well that might be okay if you have a couple of plants but not doable for the amount of plants I have. I took some strips of green fabric and tied it to wires and put it through out the plants and on the fence, I saw the deer walk up to the hosta and turn and walk away.. I will see if this fall and winter if they are so hungry they decide to eat regardless of what it smells like. It will not matter as long as I can get through the summer. They will come back the next Spring if I can keep the animals at bay through the Summer.

we really cant answer that .... since we arent in your yard ... but the simple solution is to simply move yours.. until you are happy with it ... you know how to move a fully leafed out hosta dont you ... but also keep in mind.. in your z4 .. that you really cant compare .. day to day.. pix from peeps in warmer zones.. you are surely a couple weeks to a month behind some of these pix posters ... which in my world.. sounds like an excuse to do nothing until 9/1 .. lol ... ken

Hi Linnea, I think your green and white one is Francee. I have trouble integrating the green and white ones into a predominantly blue and yellow bed too. Do you have any other hostas that are green and white to balance the green/white to gold/ blue ratio? I've had an eye operation, so I'm not sure I'm seeing the colours of your hostas properly, so I hesitate making suggestions on how to move yours around. Generally speaking I've found that solid blue hostas and solid green hostas act like neutrals. I use yellow hostas as contrast to blue or green hostas or to pick up the yellow in a variegated hosta. After many years of trial and error in combining hostas I do the following: 1. A gold centered blue hosta goes well with a gold margined blue hosta. The same holds true with white and blue variegated hostas. 2. Two adjacent hostas should have a common colour, except that green ties anything together for me. 3. Identically variegated hostas look good together if the leaves are different in some way...either smaller or ruffled or shiny etc. If I can't correct what I consider an error I introduce green, either a green hosta or another perennial. I like using green ferns (Athyrium 'Lady in Red', 'Dre's Dagger','Victoriae'), aruncus aethusifolius or epimediums. Queen Josephine is a gold margined green hosta and Frances Williams is a gold margined blue hosta. So, a gold hosta would complement both. Francee is a white margined green hosta and Queen Josephine is gold margined green hosta. A solid green hosta would be a good transition from one to the other. In the end, whatever pleases you is what works. If you haven't used Hakonechloa macra before, it does get quite big. I put mine in front of the smaller aruncus and should have done the reverse.