How do you take care of a hosta white feather?

Enrich soil with plenty of organic matter to improve soil nutrition and water-holding abilities. As for light conditions, hostas with heavy white variegations on leaves can’t typically withstand direct sun. ‘White Feather’ hosta is no exception. Keep this pale-leafed perennial in light to full shade for best coloring.Click to see full answer. Similarly, it is asked, why is my hosta turning white?Anthracnose is the most common foliage disease that afflicts hostas, according to the Iowa State University Extension. Anthracnose is a fungal disease that causes irregular white to light tan spots with a brown border. As the disease progresses, spots broaden and split, giving leaves a disheveled, tattered appearance. is bone meal good for hostas? There are many types of organic fertilizers for hostas including ones made of manures, compost, seaweed, fish emulsion, blood meal, cottonseed and bone meal. This is why organic fertilizer is beneficial as a natural time-release substance that will enrich your hostas over an entire growing season. Likewise, why is my white hosta turning green? This reversion to green is called viridescence and is a physiological response to warm summer nights. In regions where the nights are cool, the leaf color of ‘Albomarginata’ hosta remains unchanged. Full sun tends to exacerbate the change in color and appearance of the leaves.Is there a red Hosta?RED-LEAVED HOSTAS. Bob Solberg’s hosta ‘First Blush’- the first hosta which can be said to have red foliage- is a small to medium plant which “not only has red petioles that extend into the leaf blade, but also a thin red margin around the leaf, similar but much more dramatic than its parent ‘Beet Salad’.”