Alex Jones
Classification:
2 W-P[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1994
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 2012
Seed Parent: 
Dailmanach 2 W-P 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1972
Inverpolly x de Navarro 797 [(Interim x Salmon Trout) x Rosedew]
Dailmanach
Pollen Parent: 
Pol Dornie 2 W-P 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1978
Kildavin x de Navarro 796 [(Interim x Salmon Trout) x Rosedew] 2W-P seedling~
Pol Dornie
Seedling Number:
723
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 116mm wide; perianth segments 55mm long, broadly ovate, blunt, mucronate, spreading, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half or more; the inner segments shouldered at base, less prominently mucronate; corona 42mm long, funnel-shaped, smooth, mouth straight, lightly ribbed, even, irregularly and very shallowly lobed, with rim flanged and crenate. Very slightly scented.

Origin of Name

Named for the presenter of the BBC’s “One Show”.