I finally moved part of my hosta last week. I inherited it when I bought my house 23 years ago. I've been planning to move it for several years, but simply never got around to it. I am new to moving plants and I was pretty nervous. But it seemed to really like it! I divided what I dug up and got three really nice sized clumps so far. So what did we get last night? The first torrential down pour in years. But for the first time in 23 years we had a huge hail storm with it. The Hosta clumps I moved only had a little damage (whew!) But when I looked at the part I had not moved - it really got beat up! Wow! I will move the rest of it later today. Had I moved it when I moved the other part I would have spared it the humiliation it experienced.

One of the things I love about them is they can take a beating and come back just fine.

I moved a bunch this year too and then realized after I relocated them that the gutter has an issue and is dumping water when it rains, so far they look okay regardless, even though it has tattered the foliage, they look healthy if that makes sense, so this fall I will have to get the gutter fixed before winter. I think the water dumping on top of their crowns over the winter will kill them.

Very good chance it will make the crowns rot.