A sport of H. 'Striptease', this
cultivar was registered by
Dr. Leonard Jones of North Carolina in 2005. The foliage is
medium to dark green with a bright yellow marginal variegation
which changes to light green later in the season. This cultivar forms a large size
(20 inches high) mound of slightly wavy, smooth textured foliage
of average substance. It bears pale lavender flowers from mid-July into August.
From
The
Hosta Journal, (2008 Vol. 39 No 1), "...In
the spring,...looks very much like 'Hanky
Panky'. The margins are pale creamy yellow with
a narrow white line separating them from the darker
green centers. The margins slowly darken to apple
green, while the centers apparently change very
little."
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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. 'Hanky
Panky' and
H. 'Yellow
Polka Dot Bikini'. |
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