You wouldn't know it from this photo, taken in late spring, but I don't believe 'Wide Brim' does all that well in my yard. Diana Grenfell, in her book The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hostas, says it's a large hosta -- reaching two feet high and three feet across. My has never been more than about a foot tall and 15 inches across. It's in intense shade and a rather cramped little bed in a rock garden. Perhaps more sun and a little more room would make it -- and me -- happier. The color and leaf shape are wonderful. It does tend to brown and wilt in Minnesota's summer heat and humidity.
