 This non-registered sport of H. 'Striptease' is from
Ran Lydell of
Cooks Nursery and Eagle Bay Gardens in New York. It forms a medium size (17 inches high
by 36 inches wide) mound
with lavender flowers blooming from mid-July into August.
The New Encyclopedia of Hostas by
Diana
Grenfell (2009) states: "Leaves emerge early. The early season blue cast to
the green margin gradually disappears but can be
enjoyed for longer if protected from
sunlight...Divide frequently."
From
The
Hosta Journal, (2008 Vol. 39 No 1), "...white-centered sports, 'White
Bikini' and 'Pole Cat', have been named but are not as
widely available as 'Risky Business'. Both are very similar, if
not identical, to it."
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 An article by
Warren I. Pollack in
The
Hosta Journal (2020 Vol. 51 No. 1) titled
Doppelgänger Hostas: Fancy Name for
Look-alike Hostas, included a long list of hostas
which various hostaphiles, published articles or other sources have
indicated "look" the same. Some of these are, in fact, the same
plant with two or more different names. Others are hostas that vary
in some minor trait which is not immediately discernable to the
casual observer such as seasonal color variations, bloom traits, ploidy, etc. So, as Warren mentions, hostaphiles may differ as to the
plants listed but then, their opinions are based on visual observations and interpretations. |
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 H.
'Pin-up', H. 'Pole
Cat', H. 'Risky
Business', H. 'Stripped
Naked', H. 'White
Bikini' and
H. 'White
Line Fever'. |
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