Daily Hosta #1 - 'Jewel of the Nile' - Add your pics

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Daily Hosta #1 - 'Jewel of the Nile' - Add your pics

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A couple of "J" hostas before I leave my computer for a couple of weeks. I hope someone will take this opportunity to look at hostas from K-Z that we've missed because I don't have them.

Name: H. 'Jewel of the Nile'

Description: Unique colour combination. The leaves emerge blue-green and develop an irregular golden-yellow border with some streaking by June. The leaf is quite rounded but comes to a point and has superior substance.
Size: Medium (24"w x 28"h) - well that's the registered size. Mine is quite a bit larger than that - one of the "jewels" of the garden.
Origin: sport of H. 'Dee's Golden Jewel'
Flowers: Near-white tubular flowers in mid July.
Added to garden: spring 2005
Notes: Will tolerate sun. Moderate increaser. A very striking hosta.

Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... the%20Nile
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Jewel+of+the+Nile
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/j/jewel.html
'Jewel of the Nile' - July 15
'Jewel of the Nile' - July 15
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First year in my garden, didn't bloom for me this year. It was growing in a very cramped space in a root bound pot when I got it. I'm anxious to see what it looks like when it comes up next year, it should have a much better shape.

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This is a slow grower for me.
Jewel of the Nile  -  September 17, 2011
Jewel of the Nile - September 17, 2011
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'Jewel of the Nile' had a large amount of solid yellow in it this year. I have just wrestled it out of the ground and separated the yellow sections from the normal sections and I will have quite a bit of 'Dee's Golden Jewel' next year. have to decide where to put a large yellow hosta.
'jewel of the Nile', June 26, 2012
'jewel of the Nile', June 26, 2012
leaf June 19, 2012
leaf June 19, 2012
leaf June 19, 2012
leaf June 19, 2012
solid yellow leaf June 19, 2012
solid yellow leaf June 19, 2012
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Mine looks almost the same as last season.
Jewel of the Nile - June 7, 2012
Jewel of the Nile - June 7, 2012
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I think I would divide the yellow out if that plant were mine. You've got more yellow than JotN.
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2014 and the divided JOTN is doing well. I divided it two years ago at the end of the summer. I also have 2 large divisions of 'Dee's Golden Jewel' and I've taken one to a plant sale and planted one at my church. I'll be putting up a new thread about it.
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2015 - July 03. Doing well.
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2016 update - I'm getting a bit more yellow again. Not sure I'm up ti digging the plant; so I may just root around with a knife and see what happens.
July 13, 2016
July 13, 2016
This is some of the yellow I divided out of JOTN a few years ago. It's not completely kosher to do so, but I"m calling it 'Dee's Golden Jewel' and it IS a jewel.
July 13, 2016
July 13, 2016
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2017 - not much change and the "Dee's Golden Jewel did well too.

July 19, 2017
Jewel_of_the_Nile-2017-0719s.jpg
Dee's Golden Jewel also July 19.
Dees_Golden_Jewel-2017-0719s.jpg
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