Brim Cup is hanging on by the skin of its teeth. I'll just give it to my neighbor though. She has a huge yard and a huge heart and can't stand to have anything thrown away. My yard is small and my patience limited. Ugly for too many years in a row means banishment from my garden.

Paul, I had my Lunar Eclipse for one season and tossed it at the end of the summer--even Mark Zillis claims it's one of the worst plants he's introduced. The other ones I tossed with the same problem were Color Glory and Brim Cup. I can't abide drawstringing on any Hosta leaf. However my Sea Dream is drawstringing this year for the first time, and I read our cold spring could lead to those problems so I am going to move it out of the direct sun and give it another spring before that one goes. You're much kinder to your Hosta that I am as I don't usually give them "the back of the garden" chance!!!! lol Mary

Excuse my ignorance, but I'm still pretty new to the forum. What are "drawstring edges?" I have never heard that term before.

Thanks!

Thanks for starting this thread Paul.

I'm glad to hear that others have pitiful success with Brim Cup too.

Drawstring effect would be the leaf edges gathering either above or under the leaf much like a laundry bag gathers when you pull the cord tighter. List link below to Drawstring Hosta.

Here is a link that might be useful: Drawstring Hosta

I haven't done it to a healthy hosta, so far, but I'll do it to an ugly daylily in a New York minute.

BUT, I must say I've got my eye on a ragged-looking Sea Yellow Surprise and if she doesn't straighten up by fall, she may see the inside of the compost barrel.

Lainey

My Lunar Eclipse has shrunken to one tiny eye, after being banished to the "Land of the Uglies", a place in the garden that is out of my sight. It joined an Exotic Frances Williams, that has since succumbed to neglect.
Brim Cup avoided being disgraced, by failing to return one year.

Brim Cup - never really grew and I hated the drawstring effect.

Great Expectations. It never looked like a GE (probably wasn't), never got any bigger than the day it arrived and then declined in it's third year. I threw it in the woods behind my house. I have Brim Cup too, and have thought about tossing it, but I will keep it one more year.

perhaps its a function of available space ....

i leave them.. because i do NOT need room for something better

ken

I have 3 little Brim Cups along the path leading up to my newest garden,and they grow there just fine! I also have Lunar Eclipse,and while it has some drawstringing,it looks good most of the time. The ones I don't like are the underperforming ones like Loyalist,just one little eye after several years,and my Cascades keeps getting smaller,but I may still move it to a new spot. Believe it,or not Krossa Regal is still pitiful in my garden,and I moved it one more time this spring,but if it doesn't get any better,it may have to go! Phil

Brim cup did the bad drawstring for me in 1/2 sun....none at all in full shade....Christmas tree is fine for me in full shade.
Why is it that people call it drawstringing and go EWW....and then rave over Abiqua drinking Gourd?
Linda C

Linda, I moved my Brim Cup into full shade in late 2007. I thought the problem was solved when it looked great in 2008, but this year, it's drawstringing again. Maybe it just likes the even years. I might add that it also hasn't increased much at all since I planted it in 2006. It still has time to redeem itself, but...

I have a Kross Regal that is near death. It's leaves just started to turn brown the other day. It is in it's third year also. It did not bloom last year and this year came back markedly smaller and now the brown leaves. Oh well, I got two years out of it - not bad for a $8.00 hosta.

Never have thrown away an otherwise healthy but unattractive hosta. I try to hide or obscure those somewhere in the garden.
I have double bagged and discarded two or three with HVX.

I gave my Brim Cup the heave ho this spring, but I have to admit, I divided it up last fall and gave it to a charity plant sale. Poor people who bought them.

Also gave one of my Clausas the heave ho this year but because it was altogether TOO healthy and happy and taking too much space. It grows like a weed in areas where nothing else will grow and I have it in two such spots. But the biggest one, once I get the rhizomes dug out, I can grow a Liberty in the space it was taking.