Photo Courtesy of Brighton Park Iris

ORIGINATOR: Schreiner INTRODUCED: 1995 CLASS: Tall Bearded HEIGHT: 35" BLOOM SEASON: Mid to Late DESCRIPTION: Light blue self; beards white PARENTAGE: Sib to Rapture In Blue: N 57-A: ((Sailor's Dance x G 30-A: ((Pacific Panorama x Parisian Blue) x Sapphire Hills)) x (Sapphire Hills x D 136-G: (Parisian Blue x ((Blue Linen sib x (J 274-A x Violet Harmony)) x (Swan Ballet x Snowy Heron))))) X Tide's In AWARDS: HM'99 INTERESTING INFO: From the 1995 Schreiner’s Iris Lovers Catalog: Mariah has a darker color of azure blue than its sister, Rapture In Blue. Each flower is exquisitely ruffled as if shaped by a stormy spring gust. Zesty bloom energy makes for 8 to 10 buds nicely placed on short stems.