They're all looking suspect now...

[plantmover]

Would y'all mind confirming a couple more please...

Assuming I've ID'd correctly, this is a 'Frances Williams' that I got starts of last fall from my mom's huge established plant. I had attributed the discoloration to sun scald as we had several hot sunny days before the trees leafed out, but now I don't know.

The 'Francee' I've had for approx 4 years and it has always had smooth leaves until this year; now they're corrugating, which may be normal...I dunno. Side note: the margins on the two divisions I made last fall are pale green instead of white.

Thank you in advance for your help!

[caliloo]

Frances Williams does look like cold damage to me - not HVK.

The other one - can you post a whole plant photo? It doesn;t look like Francee to me - my Francee is much darker green. In any case, that one doesn;t look like HVX to me either.

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[sugar]

Does look as hosta's with some sunburn to me , no HVX

[plantmover]

I failed to mention that I took the other 'Francee' leaf photo while holding it up to sunlight, hence the much lighter color. Sorry 'bout that. So here's the whole plant, or most of it.

[Chris_W]

Hi,

Your Frances Williams is fine. That is called spring dessication burn - some say it is from cold (not frost, but cold) and others say it is from excessive moisture. I think it is a combination of cold and wet, since the past two seasons we've had a very dry spring, yet cold, and no dessication burning.

The Francee looks very suspicious to me. I see some wavy markings following all the veins in the 1st picture. I would be wary of that one.

[plantmover]

Thanks to all for the helpful feedback.

Those wavy marks are what I was hoping to capture by holding it to the sunlight. They're gradually becoming more noticeable on the plant. Many thanks, Chris!