LOL Theresa! I had to bring it in from the deck as it was pitch dark outside..poor kitchen lighting, hence the stove...lol Marg, no it is one colour..sorry about bad pic...the last pic is true colour. My HS is approx 6" tall, 13" tall with flower scape..and approx 11" wide so far. When I bought it last year, I do recall it being just a bit larger, but not by much. I have to remember that all plants arriving at stores are usually fertilized and at optimum. Mine is growing fine, I guess for a wee one and seems tough enough. Wish the slugs didn't like it. I don't fertilize much, hosta or other perennials, maybe once a year if they are lucky. Everything grows and looks like I do though ..lol I hope you enjoy your new little hosta and I hope we come up with its name for you! :-) Jo

Back of leaf picture here This post was edited by ash1970 on Fri, Jun 6, 14 at 15:40

Thanks for the ideas. I would be slightly surprised if it is hardening off issues; they'd been outside for a few weeks in gallon container before moving up to the larger container. They did experience a small hail storm (fairly unusual for this area), and at the time, leaves were clearly damaged by that. The hail damaged leaves have fallen off already though. Moreover, damage has appeared on new growth. I'll keep an eye on water. I've still only watered the one time, plus the bit of rain. The watering I did was when I transplanted them in the first place��"I should have made that clearer in my first post. I gave them each a Dr. Earth 5-7-3 fertilizer (http://www.groworganic.com/dr-earth-tom-veg-herb-573-12-lb.html) when I transplanted to the larger pots. I have not given any fertilizer since.

The white bumps are called primordia and they tell you that you the plant has had too much water. That may also be part of the problem with the stem rot. If you have other plants nearby I'd ditch the plant before it spreads to the rest