You saw right, the hostas are in sun. I know I'm pushing it with that. These hosta have been in full sun 80% of the day for the last two years. Surprisingly they have done very well. (keeping fingers crossed now) I'm not sure what it is I've done for them that makes them happy.
If they start to fade then I will move them, but I thought with them being in the same general location with only a few feet difference then before they would do ok.
The dark I was wanting is the foliage, flowers of any color are ok. I hadn't thought about fall asters, that would give some interest there. I bet I could find some small ones on clearence right now too.