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has more than leaped this year. :cool: I think I counted 14 divisions a few weeks ago. It sure looks good!! :P It has some interesting variegation on a few leaves. I didn't realize it would get that bright green in between the center & margin. 8-)

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This is an interesting leaf center. :???: Kinda :cool: !!
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That is cool! I didn't know that one did that either.
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Thanks, Charla - hopefully some others who have it will comment too.
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Post by MikeWI »

i don't have that one.. but i do have H. Pole cat... still unfurling.. only diff is that pole cat seems to have some 'grass clipping' flecks in the white center. grows like a weed. Margin color is about the same.
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Mike - is the center on Pole Cat a little more narrow & uniform than it appears to be on Risky Business? I've thought it looked that way in a couple pics I've seen of it.
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Renaldo - Your beautiful Hostas amaze me.

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And OC knows that you give them a lot of tender loving care......OC loving your hostas and your pictures....
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Thanks, OC :P - but the ones in this holding bed are actually thriving [or not thriving as the case may be :???: ] on pure neglect. :wink: :lol: :lol:
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Post by baja220 »

Renaldo, I have a Risky Business that reverted back to Striptease or at least that what It looked like. It was last summer. I divided them out and ended up with several pieces of RB and ST. I didn't labed them St tho, I labeled them that they came from RB.

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Interesting, Debbie - do you have any pics of the divisions that reverted?
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Yea, I've got pics, but they're on my old computer. I'll try to get em off Tues when it's raining and I can't be gettin my hostas in the ground.
I could shoot ya some new pics, but man, my hostas are lookin like he!! :evil: It must be a cutworm haven out in my beds. :evil: :evil:
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OK, I went back and got the pics I posted last year on DG.
This was Risky Business when I planted it about 4 years ago. Last year it came up Risky Business and Striptease.
The whole plant
The whole plant
Lookin like RB
Lookin like RB
Lookin like Striptease
Lookin like Striptease
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Here it is divided....er.......butchered. :lol:
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LOL It doesn't look tooo butchered - the pieces still have roots. :wink: I'd never seen an RB revert back to Striptease. Thanks for sharing the pics. :P
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Post by buff24 »

Here's a pic of my Risky Business... it also leaped this year.
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And here is a pic of my streaky Risky Business sport. It was divided from the plant in the pic above last year. Too bad it's not fertile (at least not for me...) No seed pods set on this one last year.
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That's sure a nice Risky Business, Buff!! :P And even if that :cool: streaky sport was fertile I wouldn't tell anyone. You might have to stand guard over it then. :wink:
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Post by impatience »

Nice RB Renaldo. Mine just keeps getting smaller-I should need a microscope by next year. :roll:
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Thanks - I've been pleasantly surprised with how well it's done this year. :P

Sorry about yours, Impatience. I have several hostas that are doing what your RB is doing. How much light does yours get? I realize you get more heat sooner than I do here, but this one gets full afternoon sun for 3-4 hours every day. Maybe some direct light for an hour or so would be a good thing for yours... :???:
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Post by nanny_56 »

May need to move my RB today too. I was afraid of it getting to much light!

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I think the white centered ones actually need a little more sun than others since they have less chlorophyll. But be prepared for them to possibly burn this year if you move them. But leave them after you move them even if they do. Next year they'll be more acclimated to the new spot & will do better.
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