the color is either there or not there..

it is NOT an age thing..

it has probably reverted to the blue version ... which is blue boy

link to the hosta library below... at the top of the deja page.. is a link to my hosta.net .. which shows such ...

enjoy the blue.. but you are going to have to buy it again.. if you want DB

ken

Here is a link that might be useful: link

I don't believe it ever does. Mine is three years in the ground, and I owned it a few years before I got it planted. Still nothing.

Mine is also in its third year and is blue with the light green margin- no white line yet. It's in quite a bit of shade and I was wondering about that. In the New Encyclopedia of Hostas it says the leaf variegation talke several seasons to become apparent. I bought from Naylor Creek so I was hoping it would be good.

That extra white stripe does not show up in the spring but develops later in the summer IF you give it some bright sunlight. Toy Soldier is the same way, needing some sun to show its extra stripe too.

thank you that helps, it also explains why there is never a white stripe it's in almost full shade!