'Dee's Golden Jewel'- Hosta of the Day - add your photos

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'Dee's Golden Jewel'- Hosta of the Day - add your photos

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H. 'Dee's Golden Jewel'

'Dee's Golden Jewel' is from Kevin Walek (1996). It measures 18 x 24" with 30" flower scapes. A leaf is 6-1/2 x 8", dull yellow-gold on top with a glaucous bloom underneath, and rugose. The leaf is lightly cupped and broadly ovate with a cordate base. It has an upright habit and the flowers are near-white and tubular. The plant grows slowly and is stoloniferous. Its ancestry is 'Royal Standard' x 'Galaxy'. Medium large. Mine originated as a yellow reversion from my ‘Jewel of the Nile’ and it was separated from JotN in September 2012.

Hosta Registry: http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... en%20Jewel
My Hostas Database: http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Dee%27s+Golden+Jewel
Hosta Library: http://www.hostalibrary.org/d/deeg.html

The division of the yellow from my 'Jewel of the Nile' yielded several good divisions. I am growing two and I offered several up to plant sales. This is the larger of the two I am growing, photographed on July 8.
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2015 - July 3. This division is now in near full sun due to the loss of a tree. It did very well until part way through July, but got crispy in August.
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2015 - Aug. 2 - this division in the back yard gets less sun and looked good right through the season.
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2017 update. I don't seem to have posted a 2016 picture. This one continues to look good in the garden. In 2018, though it's not as yellow. This photo July 19, 2017.
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