Go Back Brim Cup

Hosta 'Brim Cup'

Plant Type: Hostas

‘Brim Cup’ is a 1986 Kevin Vaughn plant with a foliage mound 15 x 12″ and 18″ bloom scapes. It was one of a number of plants taken and registered by Aden without permission, and the parentage is lost. The leaves are 7 x 5″ with wide white irregular margins. It has a cupped leaf with a green center. The leaf is seersuckered. Van Wade says that the flowers open bluish and tend to turn white as the summer progresses. The plant prefers shade to 1/4 sun. It is an inexpensive, popular hosta.


Growing & Maintenance Tips:

Flower Color

Bluish to white with age

Foliage Color

Variegated

Plant Spread

24

Good Companions

Other hosta and shade loving plants

Plant Height

12

Scape Height

Hardness Zone

4-9

Soil Moisture

All hosta love rich, organic, soil


Characteristics & Attributes

Attributes

Bloom Time

Mid summer

Critter Resistance

Resistance to slugs

Exposure

Part to full shade

Growth Rate

Fast.

Seasonal Interests

Spring/summer