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						 This 
				tissue culture sport of 
				'Striptease' was registered by 
				Jim Anderson of Winterberry Farms in Georgia  in 2003.   Forming a 
medium size hosta about 
				16 inches high by 30 inches wide, this cultivar has ovate to 
				elliptic ovate leaves with good substance. Its lavender flowers 
				bloom in late July. 
						
 
			 From 
				The 
				Hosta Journal,  (2008 Vol. 39 No 1),  "The 
differences between 'Gypsy Rose' and its parent 'Striptease' are, at best, 
minor. It would be incredibly easy for even the sharpest eye to mistake one for 
the other...these two hostas would have to be grown side by side for someone to 
recognize the subtle differences." 
	
		
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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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								'Gypsy Rose', H. 'Hot 
			Kiss' and
								H. 'T 
			Dawg'. |  
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