Hosta of the Day - Bubble Dance

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Nov 18, 2014 12:59 pm

Bubble Dance is a streaky sport of Kiwi Full Monty. The streaky colorful leaves still retain the "Striptease" form with the white strip.

Hosta Registry - http://hostaregistrar.org/detail.php?id ... le%20Dance
MyHostas Database - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Bubble+Dance
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/b/bubbledance.html

I was lucky enough to get this beautiful plant in 2011 from an auction.

Here it is in 2011 when it first came in.

: Bubble Dance - June 3, 2011

And here it is in 2012.

: Bubble Dance - May 2, 2012

: Bubble Dance - May 13, 2012

: Bubble Dance - May 19, 2012

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Nov 18, 2014 1:04 pm

Bubble Dance in the 2013 season

: Bubble Dance - May 9, 2013

: Bubble Dance - June 28, 2013

And Bubble Dance in the 2014 season

In 2014 I potted the plant to avoid the voles.

: Bubble Dance - May 14, 2014

: Bubble Dance - May 14, 2014

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » May 08, 2015 7:41 pm

Bubble Dance today - survived the move into a pot.

: Bubble Dance - May 8, 2015

Don_in_Colorado · Post by **Don_in_Colorado** » May 08, 2015 9:50 pm

Wonderful plant you acquired. Thanks for the pics.

Carol O · Post by **Carol O** » May 10, 2015 12:44 am

Has it every had any seeds? Have you ever tried growing them?

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » May 10, 2015 5:31 am

It's never flowered. I don't think it would set seeds. Hmmm, let me rethink that - I did get seeds from Blue without You last season which surprised me because I hadn't seen pods on Striptease family members. Blue without You is a sport of Striptease and Bubble Dance is a sport of Kiwi Full Monty which is a sport of Striptease. (As a side note - I rarely see pods on any Gold Standard line plants or Fortunei or Fortunei Hyacinthina lineage in general like Francee and Whirlwind. Except on the Gold Standard reverse I have been posting viewtopic.php?f=1&t=55463. I registered the best one as Standard's Bands and have seedlings growing from it (OP) - really ugly plants but still small.)

Carol O · Post by **Carol O** » May 10, 2015 9:00 pm

I get seed pods on Francee all the time.

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Apr 27, 2016 1:04 pm

Bubble Dance today. I'm thinking about looking at the root system and breaking it up - putting a piece back in the ground and leaving what's left in the pot.

: Bubble Dance - April 27, 2016

: Bubble Dance - April 27, 2016

: Bubble Dance - April 27, 2016

: Bubble Dance - April 27, 2016

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Jun 02, 2017 3:12 pm

I took some pieces off this plant last season and added a piece to one of my Striptease Family gardens that was damaged by chipmunks. It loves the spot.