Show off your Rainforest Sunrise!!
Mine doesn't have leaves with a reliable small rim of dark green. That's what the photos online show. My Rainforest Sunrise has leaves that are creative with where they put the green. I even have one with "thumbs."
Here are some pics of weirdo leaves.
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liquidfeet Z6 Boston
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoLeaves growing from a single bud do not necessarily match each other.
liquidfeet Z6 Boston
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoI see this frequently. Bilateral symmetry is not their thing.
Here's the whole clump.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoUnstable? Or playfully creative?
Here's a detail of my clump.
liquidfeet Z6 Boston
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoHere's the leaf with "thumbs." I've never looked for this feature until someone here posted about thumbs. I wonder if this plant has been producing these all along and I missed it.
liquidfeet Z6 Boston
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoI thought all these asymmetrical leaf colorations were the norm with Rainforest Sunrise. I was so convinced that this was the case that I thought this bud producing yellow leaves with the thinnest of green rims was a sport, so I separated it and planned to see if it was stable.
But now I realize it looks like the images of Rainforest Sunrise I see everywhere online. It's got the normal leaf's expression.
What do your Rainforest Sunrises look like?
undertheoaksgardener7b
3 years agolast modified: 3 years ago- liquidfeet Z6 Boston thanked lindalana 5b Chicago
almosthooked zone5
3 years agoNever noticed thumbs on mine but it is unique feature. Have had mine since 2012 but this year something is making small holes in the leaves and some rust spots too
liquidfeet Z6 Boston thanked almosthooked zone5undertheoaksgardener7b
3 years agoHere is my Rainforest Sunrise, one of my oldest and slowest hostas. I have asked a lot of it to establish itself so close to the tree and along a busy path (hence the guard rail). It is pretty, though.
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gardencool
3 years agoMy best Walmart find hosta - I think I paid $3.47 AND it was big enough when I bought it to give part of it to a friend. Her's is doing well as well.
And bonus, it does well underneath a Norway maple and Redbud.
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