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Pineapple Punch & Pineapple Upside Down Cake

5 years ago

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dhaven

5 years ago

Very nice. Keep in mind that when these mature, they will be as much as 4-5 feet across or maybe even a little more. You might consider moving them further out from the tree while they are still a more manageable size. Pineapple Poll, the parent plant of both of these, gets around 6 feet across, and eats other hostas for breakfast.

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Babka NorCal 9b
5 years ago
What a beautiful pair with reverse colors.

-Babka
Beth (5b - SE-Michigan)
5 years ago
I love the combination, now I want a Pineapple Punch to plant next to my Pineapple Upsidedown Cake!
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Thanks everyone, your pictures reminded me of why I bought it in the first place! The holes are not slugs (in my area slugs are small and leave tiny white edged holes) they are probably caterpillars or something else that actually chomps 1/4" x 1" sections out of the middle of the leaves between the veins. It is so damaged, I'll move it to the other side of the bed until it gets a little more size/color on it. Right now it is next to a garden bench at the entrance to my front/side hosta bed and with the holes, it just doesn't give the impression I am after! Better to move it for a couple of years and then try that spot again when it can be a showpiece like the ones posted! Thanks again for the lovely photos, BettyLu
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sorry... I typed this a couple hours ago, forgot to hit the post button... This is a very sporting hosta. I've got a Pineapple Juice - the name they give the yellow version that lacks the green margin... it was stable for about 5 years and now a good section of it is dark green with a yellow edge... in other words, a sport that looks pretty much identical to Pineapple Punch... or maybe like Pineapple Ripple. The difference, based on their registrations, is that PP is dark green centered and PR is medium green... I'll have to compare some greens one of these days. Anyway, these all come originally from a wavy lanced green one called Pineapple Poll. It is registered as a cross between sieboldianna and lancifolia. I sure don't see any big round blue in it, but it shares a lot of characteristics with good old lancifolia. So... if you have one with no margins, I think you can change the label to Pineapple Juice. (I opposed this for so long, but in fact I think that is exactly what is happening in the tissue culture labs. They clone PUC... then instead of throwing away the all-yellow culls, they rename them. Sometimes the plants go out to growers as small tcs with iffy margins... I know I had at least one PUC tc that went all yellow.
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no.. i hate the name ... it worse than all the lakesides ... YOU CANT FIT IT ON A LABEL WITH A LABLEMAKER.. OTHER THAN MAKING THE PRINT SO SMALL ... you cant read it anyway ... yes.. its in TOO MUCH SUN .. it MIGHT ... continue to melting out.. because of such.. and if it does.. dont come running back and asking what that disease is ... as babs said.. its all normal .. move it to a spot .. where it is out of sun from noon to 6 ... out of the sun.. during the heat of the day ... and use that logic for anything with a large white center ... the white tissue is a net drain ont eh plant.. producing no chlorophyll .... and on some level.. the plant cant pump enough water to sustain it.. when siting is not proper ... so when this happens... move it to a little more shade ... ken
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josephines167 z5 ON Canada
5 years ago
Don't have these but I love seeing them side by side. I echo Babka's comment.

If only I had more room....
miles10612
5 years ago
Great looking plants. My Pineapple Upside Down Cake is still 30 inches across after 10 years--it's been moved twice since it is susceptible to sun scorch in my yard.
Claudia _michigan
5 years ago
Dhaven...would you be able to identify pineapple poll?

in have done some research on a Hosta I have and I think it could be pineapple poll. I am not quite sure because mine doesn’t have purple “petioles” (not sure if I spelled that correctly) mine is just green.
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
5 years ago
Claudia, just a suggestion but if you start your own thread re ID of your possible PP, more people will likely see it. Sometimes some of the same people don’t return to a thread once they have posted a comment. I’m hoping dhaven comes back to this post to answer you...

I answered a question of yours under the GE thread of lecorps but it should have its own thread (to reach as many forum members as possible). Don’t hesitate to create your own ID threads... we like the challenge of trying to ID and it keeps us sharp :-)
steve duggins(Z6a) - Central Ohio
5 years ago
Yes, now I want a Pineapple Punch to plant next to my Pineapple Upside Down Cake (which I also don't have, yet).

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