Hosta of the Day - Orange Rose

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Hosta of the Day - Orange Rose

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Orange Rose is a bright yellow-centered sport of Gypsy Rose with a thin green edge.

This is one of my Striptease family sports. I have shown this plant many times on this forum over the years - viewtopic.php?f=1&t=56881&p=489511&hili ... se#p489511

Hosta Registry - http://hostaregistrar.org/detail.php?id ... nge%20Rose
MyHostas Database - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Orange+Rose
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/o/orangerose.html

I discovered this sport growing in a little garden center that had a bunch of Gypsy Rose plants. The sport "jumped-out" at me because it looked orange among all the green - that's where the name came from.

Here is Orange Rose in 2010.
Orange Rose - May 1, 2010
Orange Rose - May 1, 2010
Here it is in the 2011 season.
Orange Rose - June 7, 2011
Orange Rose - June 7, 2011
Orange Rose - June 7, 2011
Orange Rose - June 7, 2011
Orange Rose - June 16, 2011
Orange Rose - June 16, 2011
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Orange Rose in the 2012 season
Orange Rose - May 3, 2012
Orange Rose - May 3, 2012
A very leafy scape starting to show - you can see the white on the back of the leaf, typical of this branch of the fortunei family (I never noticed if it's on the Francee side of the family - OK, the MyHostas database says it is).
Orange Rose - June 5, 2012
Orange Rose - June 5, 2012
Orange Rose - June 18, 2012
Orange Rose - June 18, 2012
Orange Rose - June 18, 2012
Orange Rose - June 18, 2012
Orange Rose - June 23, 2012
Orange Rose - June 23, 2012
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Orange Rose later in the 2012 season

Putting up a late out-for-season scape
Orange Rose - August 23, 2012
Orange Rose - August 23, 2012
Orange Rose - September 10, 2012
Orange Rose - September 10, 2012
Orange Rose - September 6, 2012
Orange Rose - September 6, 2012
In the 2013 season in the group setting
White Bikini on the left, Kiwi Full Monty above, Silver Eagle to the right of KFM, Pole Cat to right of that, Blue Without You on the right edge, and Snake Eyes in the top-right
Orange Rose - June 5, 2013
Orange Rose - June 5, 2013
In the 2014 season
Orange Rose - May 15, 2014
Orange Rose - May 15, 2014
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How is this side by side with Gold Standard?
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In general it has a thinner edge but the big thing is it can handle sun better - something it gets from its Gypsy Rose mom.
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Here are some photos of a small piece in 2012 highlighting the thin edge.
Gypsy Rose & Orange Rose - May 4, 2012
Gypsy Rose & Orange Rose - May 4, 2012
These next few were cropped from the one above to show detail.
Orange Rose - May 4, 2012
Orange Rose - May 4, 2012
Orange Rose - May 4, 2012
Orange Rose - May 4, 2012
Orange Rose - May 4, 2012
Orange Rose - May 4, 2012
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I have been hunting for two pots of this and finally found one of them today. This is the one shown in the last post that I took out of the ground and potted to keep the voles away from it.
Orange Rose - May 21, 2016
Orange Rose - May 21, 2016
My main plant is planted it a group of Striptease sports shown above. That entire garden looks bad this season. The crowns are gone and I have a bunch of small pieces starting up like big seedlings. Might be voles or some kind of root competition - I saw this from a holly bush a while ago - the holly's gone but there is/was a Crape Myrtle in there that I just took out. I replanted the best of the pieces in baskets and potted the others.
I didn't take out the Blue without You on the right yet.
May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016

Here is a photo of the pot I can't find from last year.
Orange Rose - August 27, 2015
Orange Rose - August 27, 2015
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