Apollo One
Tall Bearded iris 86cm.
Early-Mid season flowering, May and June in the UK.
Pronounced sweet fragrance.
Showy plicata blooms in violet and white. Standards have a white ground, sanded and edged in spirea red. Style arms are white and burgundy. Falls in white, striped and edged spirea red. Bronze gold beard, hairs tipped light burgundy with a red horn.
Introduced by George Sutton in 1997 from Point in Time and Sky Hooks. Parent to Deep Conviction, Hula Hands, Peggy Anne and others.
Honorable Mention in 2000.
(George Sutton, R. 1995) Sdlg. G-31A. TB, 34" (86 cm), EM. S. white ground, sanded and edged spiraea red (RHS 63A); style arms white and burgundy; F. white, striped and edged spiraea red; beards bronze gold, hairs tipped light burgundy, spiraea red horn; ruffled; pronounced sweet fragrance. Point in Time X Sky Hooks. Sutton 1997. HM 2000.
Data sheet
- Height
- Tall - 70-100cm
- Colour
- Purple
White - Fragrance
- Pronounced Sweet
- Season
- Early-Mid
- Rebloomer
- No