Hosta of the Day #3 - Lady Luck

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Hosta of the Day #3 - Lady Luck

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'Lady Luck' is a sport of 'Lady Gaga'. It is a small plant with medium green center and white margin. The leaf backs are white and the leaf edge is rippled. The petioles are red. The scapes are black and lateral.

Hosta Registry - http://hostaregistrar.org/detail.php?id ... ady%20Luck
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Lady+Luck
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/l/ladyluck.html

The flowers have not opened yet.
Lady Luck - August 17, 2017
Lady Luck - August 17, 2017
Lady Luck - August 17, 2017
Lady Luck - August 17, 2017
Lady Luck - August 17, 2017
Lady Luck - August 17, 2017
Here you can see the scape
Lady Luck - August 17, 2017
Lady Luck - August 17, 2017
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Re: Hosta of the Day #3 - Lady Luck

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It's a pity that there are a lot of interesting hosta coming out now with these problematic "recumbent" scapes. Still, I'm looking forward to seeing this one grow up.

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Re: Hosta of the Day #3 - Lady Luck

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One flower opened today. This is a weird looking flower colorwise. And I think a spider got into the pollen and spread it across the flower on its web.
Lady Luck - August 18, 2017
Lady Luck - August 18, 2017
With the pollen on a web piece
Lady Luck - August 18, 2017
Lady Luck - August 18, 2017
Some different angles
Lady Luck - August 18, 2017
Lady Luck - August 18, 2017
Lady Luck - August 18, 2017
Lady Luck - August 18, 2017
Lady Luck - August 18, 2017
Lady Luck - August 18, 2017
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Re: Hosta of the Day #3 - Lady Luck

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A few more photos - it hit me that this plant looks like 'Red Alert'. I went back to the Database and 'Lady Luck' does have a longipes background BUT I was thinking 'Red Alert' was from longipes and it's not - it's from 'Katsuragawa Beni'. Then what was I thinking of that is longipes with a white edge??? Hmmm, maybe it was 'Fall Dazzler'.
Lady Luck - August 18, 2017
Lady Luck - August 18, 2017
Lady Luck - August 18, 2017
Lady Luck - August 18, 2017
Lady Luck - August 18, 2017
Lady Luck - August 18, 2017
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