This is so sad! I did my research and you guys are probably right. I figure it would be best to just burn it and save my other hostas from this nasty virus. Thanks for all your help!

Good pictures. That Cowrie has great corugation. Phil, that Francie has been like that for a while hasn't it? I hope it stays that way for you. It's very interesting. My weird one is an Orange Marmalade I bought in 2009 at a local nursery. It didn't look like the Orange Marmalade I have. It looked to me like someone had given it an electric shock so I called it Zap. When the second flush of leaves appeared, they did look like Orange Marmalade so I thought it was something of a fluke and would be my second Orange Marmalade. This year in the spring, the new leaves appeard the same as they had last year, twisted and narrow. When the second bunch opened they were again like Orange Marmalade. So...for the time being anyway, this will be Zap. 2009 2010 Spring 2010 Summer

Nope Joan, I am up here in Northern Iowa. I pulled another hosta that was close to that one, that looked to be infected also. sigh....... Hubby had to help getting that one out. I am so glad that I came here and learned about this. I would hate to lose anymore, since I have been working so hard. The really infected one came from a friend. I might just talk to her about it, just so she knows about it, and can do something about it in her own garden. Since coming here I have done more research on this virus. I appreciate you all, with your advice. I will have to share some pics of some of my healthy hostas some time. I just came home with 3 more today. Thunderbolt, dancing in the rain, and silver threads and golden needles. These are going into a totally separate garden, that is definatley not infected. Picked them up with a gift cert. that I got for Mom's day! YEAH! Thanks again! MonaRae

I'll have what she's having... The library has two sets of letters, capital and lower-case.... The capital letters have the normal library stuff, descriptions, etc.... The lower case letters have the other photos you were describing....