But, I like my Spilt Milk, it has increased in size and eyes this year and the color and streaking on it has been great. It's starting to turn a bit greener now, but that seems to be normal. And it, along with all my other hostas, have those stupid little holes (and hail holes) that everyone else seems to be having as well, are the only things wrong with it. Now, I just cursed the plant. The ones failing for me right now that I'm trying to revive are Fair Maiden, Jewel Of The Nile and White Dove, but WD got ran over by a jet ski trailer tire, so it has an excuse for not doing well. The other two do not! Karen

Three hostas have shown excellent slug resistance in my yard (I do not use any slug bait at all): Halcyon, June, and Blue Ivory. All three of them also tolerate a good amount of sun in my yard; however, when I gave some of them to a relative who had them in full sun (with almost no watering, I may add), only Halcyon still looked decent, but lost its blue color (turned green). Therefore, even though there are many slug-resistant hosta varieties available now, it is unlikely that such shade perennials would do well in full, scorching sun. (On another note, a blue scabiosa pincushion flower is doing wonderful in the relative's yard -- its flowers are kinda cute, but the foliage looks too weed-like to me.) You might have better success with astilbe--with regular watering. For a full sun location such as yours, I would suggest sedums (stone crops). They are sun perennials that can tolerate a good amount of drought, and definitely love the sun. Some of the taller ones would hide your wall. They bloom late in the season and therefore look good up until mid-fall. Autumn Joy and Autumn Fire are tried and true in most yards, and they multiply very easily from divisions (if you start out with just 4-5 stalks per spot in the first year, you will have nice-looking plants the following year). Some of the others would likely be munched on by rabbits and other furry critters. Another possibility for you might be the groundcover roses. They are short, love sun, and don't need much watering once established. Some of them are said to be disease-resistant, but that doesn't always hold true. In my experience, it's a hit or miss...some are plagued by powdery mildew or black spot, which can be treated with regular spraying, but some of us don't like that much maintenance. I think trying one would be worth seeing how they do in your yard, but give them 1-2 years before dismissing them. If you do end up liking them, you might not even have to buy a bunch since some of them seem to spread/root easily. Also, there are shorter varieties of spirea bushes that should do quite well in your yard, although their blooms aren't necessarily as showy. Gold Flame and Gold Mound are two of my favorites, and they are pretty much maintenance-free once established (although they will appreciate watering after the first year too, if you give it). Lastly, you can also try coreopsis (tickseed) and some dwarf weigela varieties such as My Monet. I don't have any personal experience with them yet. From what I've read, the tickseed is a tough plant, and there are many colors and patterns available now. I'm not sure just how sun tolerant and deer resistant the weigelas truly are, but think they do well in full sun with watering. Hope this helps. Hopefully no one here will mind me suggesting other plants. As much as some of us would love to have hostas, some of us just don't have enough shade for them. I've gone through several before finding the three that work for me. All others were sunburned and/or torn up by a combination of slugs, rabbits, and deer, which was quite frustrating so I do understand this person's reaction to them. For me, it has been worth the struggle to find the few hostas that have made it through all the abuse because in my yard everyone likes them the most. That said, I would definitely encourage people who are turned off by slug damage to try some of the resistant hostas. If you can't find the more "fancy" ones locally, try ilovehostas.net (excellent seller). You will generally only get 1-2 eyes when purchasing some of these beauties, so be prepared to wait a year or more for them to grow into nice mounds.

I have had good luck with Knockout, Cherry Berry, FW, & Patriot. Was about to give up on Cadillac until I moved it. Doing that really helped. Sea Thunder seems to be growing well, but early high heat burned some of the leaves last year. A later flush covered up the damage and it looked ok. My new Sultana is so dinky I can't comment yet. My first Great Expectations looks decent, but of course is s-l-o-w to grow. Like a dope, I ordered 2 others from 2 different sources to try in different locations. One now looks just like Dream Weaver, which would be ok except I already have 3 of those. And the other one looks like it is heading in the same direction. I have one August Mooon that after years is not much bigger than a mini. The others are large. Same problem with So Sweet. It won't grow. They must be poor specimens. I note that hostas in certain areas suffer from vole predation. I can keep them under control in most of my woodsy gardens, but am losing the battle in a few areas. Minor damage must cause the hosta's growth rate to suffer somewhat. I'm sure that I don't find all of the telltale holes and tunnels, and later wonder what happened to a particular hosta. Sometimes it is really obvious that a hosta has been attacked, and it is no surprise to see it shrink in size the following spring. I don't have many on your list, Papou. If too many list members have problems with a hosta, I now avoid it like the plague. ~Bunnycat

I have the hardest time with slow growers, Eks. Avonias, for instance, sprout within days and ditch their cotyledons in a matter of weeks (two at most and rarely, three weeks). Really no time for me to screw them up. But these Ariocarpus fissuratus were difficult for me after I removed them from their sealed box. I haven't handled that transition well at all. After scouring various forums and coming up with nothing specific, I decided to put them away from the window, and on a nearby bookshelf. It turned out to be too much light. Now, I water them every other day and they've done well in the last two weeks. Sown on 10Oct2016. Stressed and dying at 4 months: Two weeks out of T5HO/window sun