Jonathan Hogarth and his Hostas, at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019!

Hogarth Hostas at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019

I am always hoping to meet a new favourite plant at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, but as well as plants, I enjoy finding some of my favourite people at Chelsea. Jonathan Hogarth is one of my favourites; he’s utterly bonkers about Hostas! Jonathan holds a National Collection of Miniature Hostas, he also runs Hogarth Hostas – a specialist Hosta nursery. This man is incredibly passionate about growing Hostas, he’s great fun, too!

Jonathan Hogarth told me all about his Hostas and showed me his fantastic exhibit, at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019.

The theme of Hogarth Hosta’s Chelsea exhibit is fun, family gardening

This year, Jonathan designed his Hosta exhibit to be set around the theme of family gardening. Jonathan has imagined a young child gardening with their grandparents, who are keen Hosta growers. The larger wheelbarrows on the stand are filled with pots of attractive Hostas, as is the child’s tiny wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrows represent the child helping his grandparents in the garden. Not understanding the destructive tendencies of slugs and snails, who love to devour Hostas, the grandchild has added snails to his wheelbarrow, so there are snails on his Grandfather’s prized Hostas! Thankfully, this is all imagined and the slugs and snails aren’t real.

Hosta ‘Hush Puppies’ pictured on Hogarth Hostas’ exhibit, at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019. This is the child’s wheelbarrow, these toy snails that Jonathan has added to his exhibit are very lifelike!

Hogarth Hosta’s plants

Hosta ‘Small Parts’, pictured on the Hogarth Hostas exhibit, at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019.

A closer look at some of the Hostas inside the rustic wheelbarrow, in the middle of Jonathan Hogarth’s display. At the front, you can see: Hosta ‘Twist of Lime’, Hosta ‘Lime Fizz’, and Hosta ‘Limey Lisa’.

This lovely wooden wheelbarrow contains pots of Hosta ‘Lakeside Neat Petite’, Hosta ‘Bedford Rise and Shine’, Hosta Funny Mouse’, Hosta ‘Teaspoon’, Hosta ‘Elsey Runner’, and Hosta ‘Little Ice Mouse’.

This is the child’s wheelbarrow that featured on the Hogarth Hostas exhibit, at Chelsea. These toy snails that Jonathan has added to his exhibit are very lifelike!

Hosta ‘Cody’, Hosta ‘Mini Skirt’, Hosta ‘Dixie Chick’, and Hosta ‘Holy Mouse Ears’, pictured on the Hogarth Hostas exhibit, at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019.

Award winning Hostas!

The RHS judges presented Jonathan Hogarth with a Silver-Gilt medal for his miniature Hosta exhibit, at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019.

Jonathan Hogarth, from Hogarth Hostas, has created this exhibit displaying some of the plants from his National Collection of Miniature Hostas, for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019.

New Hostas at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show!

It’s always so interesting to see the new plants that are launched each year, at the RHS Chelsea Flower.

Jonathan Hogarth holds a National Collection of Miniature Hostas. Jonathan Hogarth is pictured admiring his new Hosta, ‘Ruffled Pole Mouse’. This new Hosta is available from Jonathan’s nursery, Hogarth Hostas.

A proud supporter of Plant Heritage, Jonathan Hogarth holds the National Collection of Miniature Hostas. Based in Wokingham, in Surrey, Jonathan runs his own specialist Hosta nursery, Hogarth Hostas, where Jonathan grows and sells a select range of miniature Hostas via his online catalogue, and at various flower shows and events. Jonathan is always on the look out for new miniature Hostas to add to his range.

Jonathan Hogarth holds a National Collection of Miniature Hostas. This is Jonathan Hogarth’s new Hosta, which launched at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019. Hosta ‘Ruffled Pole Mouse’ is available from Jonathan’s nursery, Hogarth Hostas.

Hosta ‘Ruffled Pole Mouse’

Hogarth Hostas have introduced a new Hosta cultivar at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Meet Hosta ‘Ruffled Pole Mouse’, a sport of Hosta ‘Green Mouse Ears’ with creamy white coloured leaves, which are highlighted with a medium to dark green coloured outline that has a rather painterly quality. In the summertime, Hosta ‘Ruffled Pole Mouse’ produces lavender coloured flowers.

Hosta ‘Ruffled Pole Mouse’ is a sport of Hosta ‘Green Mouse Ears’.

RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year Competition 2019

Hosta ‘Ruffled Pole Mouse’ was chosen as one of the top twenty shortlisted plants, at the prestigious RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year 2019 Competition.

A closer look at the leaves of this new Hosta – *Hosta* ‘Ruffled Pole Mouse’. *Hosta* ‘Ruffled Pole Mouse’ leaves emerge as creamy white, with a mid to dark green leaf margin, which gives the leaves a lovely outline. This Hosta’s leaves remain the same colour, all season.

Jonathan Hogarth pictured with his new Hosta, ‘Ruffled Pole Mouse’. This new miniature Hosta is available from Jonathan’s nursery, Hogarth Hostas.

Buying bare root Hostas

If you’re interested in purchasing any of these cute miniature Hostas, Hogarth Hostas have an online nursery. They sell bare root plants, so as to save on plastic.

The great thing about growing miniature plants, is that you can always find room for one! To visit Hogarth Hosta’s website, where you can purchase Hosta ‘Ruffled Pole Mouse’, along with other miniature Hostas, all grown by Jonathan, please click here, to visit Hogarth Hosta’s website.

Jonathan top dresses all of his Hostas with a mulch of Dalefoot Composts Lakeland Gold.

Other articles that may interest you………………

To see an overview of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019, please click here.

To see the top twenty shortlisted plants, including the finalists and the winner of the RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year 2019, please click here.

To discover Jonathan Hogarth’s tips and advice for growing the healthiest Hostas, please click here.

I’ve written a number of articles about Jonathan Hogarth, to see all of my articles that feature Jonathan, please click here.

To read about Daisy Roots Nursery, a UK nursery selling healthy, hardy home-grown plants, please click here.

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