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  A sport of H. 'Striptease', this
cultivar was registered by
Hans Hansen of Minnesota in 2002. It forms a
large size mound
19 inches high by 4 feet wide with foliage that is ovate in
shape, slightly corrugated and slightly wavy. Pale lavender
flowers from mid-July.
According to
The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "This
Tony Avent of
Plant Delights Nursery in North Carolina
- Hans Hansen
collaboration differs from 'Striptease' in having a pure white,
rather than gold center."
 From
The
Hosta Journal, (2008 Vol. 39 No 1), "The
first sport of 'Striptease' to be commercially available was the white-centered
'Risky Business'...is identical to its parent both in size and in its vigorous
growth rate. The wide green leaf margin is also the same, but it surrounds a
snow-white center...displays the vibrant white immediately upon emerging in the
spring and holds the color until frost."
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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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