Hosta of the Day - 'Kaleidochrome'

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'Kaleidochrome' is a streaky 'longipes' seedling.

Hosta Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... eidochrome
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Kaleidochrome
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/k/kaleidochrome.html

This is an interesting looking hosta. I would have had flowers this season if the deer didn't devour this part of my garden.

Here are photos from 2011:

Kaleidochrome - June 19, 2011

Kaleidochrome - July 27, 2011

Photos from 2012:

Kaleidochrome - May 13, 2012

Kaleidochrome - May 13, 2012

Kaleidochrome - June 18, 2012

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Here are a few photos of this Kaleidochrome from the 2013 season. I missed the flowers again - probably rabbits chopping off the scape.

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Thats a really nice looking Hosta, thinking about getting one-yours is beautiful.

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Here it is today. The rain just stopped. This plant has been here since this garden was planted in 2010. The plants around it were planted the same time.

Here is the group cluster with a Gold Standard sport and Joker - the two large green ones at the top. Sarah's Sensation is to the right of them. The bottom row has a nakaiana, a montana Shunko Nishiki (late coming up) that looks and acts like On Stage, and Kaleidochrome.

group scene with Kaleidochrome - June 5, 2014

A better view of Shunko Nishiki, Kaleidochrome and Sarah's Sensation.

Kaleidochrome - June 5, 2014

A close-up of a Kaleidochrome leaf showing the rippled edge.

Kaleidochrome - June 5, 2014

The database talks about this plant being a longipes seedling but the write-up also mentions that it looks like a montana.

I have a streaked montana, that I got from Asiatica Gardens before they closed, growing in the same area that looks very similar. I need to see them flower together.

That's the Sarah's Sensation to the left. The little green ones on the right and above are clausa doing its thing and running like a weed.

montana wild variegated - June 5, 2014

Here is a leaf close-up showing the ripped edge.

montana wild variegated - June 5, 2014

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You have really great combinations together-each one shows up on its own. I have to move some of mine as they look too much like the ones next to them. Can't take pics today its still pouring outside here.

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Here is Kaleidochrome today. It's growing "flat" for some reason - maybe not enough water.

Kaleidochrome - May 15, 2015

Here is group cluster.

Kaleidochrome group setting - May 15, 2015

I showed a 'look-a-like' last season labeled "montana wild variegated". I potted it last season and it survived.

montana wild variegated - May 15, 2015

montana wild variegated - May 15, 2015

I need to catch Kaleidochrome in flower.

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It just dawned on me that this is a montana and not longipes. longipes are late flowering and I have Kaleidochrome in bud in 2013 in early July.

I went back and looked at photos and I have a shot (a little blurred) of the montana at the same time in bud.

montana wild variegated in bud - July 3, 2013

Here is Kaleidochrome the same day (this photo was shown before) in bud also.

Kaleidochrome in bud- July 3, 2013

Here is the group scene a little earlier that season.
Kaleidochrome is bottom/center while the montana is top/right with Sarah's Sensation between them.

Kaleidochrome group scene - May 18, 2013