Hybridizers Robert Bauer and John Coble

Gales, Michigan, USA

Ensata Gardens, 9823 E. Michigan Ave., Galesburg, MI 49053

1986 Catalog

The American Iris Society honored Robert Bauer and John Coble with the Hybridizer Award in 2007. Bauer and Coble won the Payne Medal for the best Japanese Iris introduction four times; for 'Bellender Blues' in 2000, 'Lion King' in 2003, 'Raspberry Candy' in 2008, and 'Lake Effect' in 2011.

Registrations/Introductions:

Japanese: 'All the Style', 'Angel Mountain', 'Banjo Blues', 'Bellender Blue', 'Blue Embers', 'Blue Mandarin', 'Canadian Smoke', 'Classical Charm', 'Crested Surf', 'Crown Imperial', 'Crowning Moment', 'Dark Lightning', 'Don and Donna', 'Dragon Mane', 'Eileen's Dream', 'Enchanted Island', 'First Act', 'Foreign Intrigue', 'Frosted Intrigue', 'Indigo Angel', 'Jewel of the Nile', 'Kimono Silk', 'Lake Effect', 'Lion King', 'Luxor Temple', 'Midnight Clouds', 'Muffington', 'Oriental Lady', 'Peak of Pink', 'Pinkerton', 'Rafferty', 'Raspberry Candy', 'Rings A Bell', 'Rosewater', 'Sapphire Crown', 'Shores of Time', 'Silent Thunder', 'Silken Charm', 'Silverband', 'Slumbering Dragon', 'Sugar Dome', 'Tarnhelm', 'Tideline', 'Tropical Storm', 'Victorian Trim', 'Vintner's Pride', 'Wave Action', 'Wine Maiden', 'Wispy Clouds',

Siberian: 'Blueberry Brandy', 'Blueberry Torte', 'Bundle of Joy', 'China Spring', 'Concord Crush', 'Double Standards', 'First Frost', 'Having Fun', 'Imperial Opal', 'Jiggles', 'Jukebox', 'Kabluey', 'Kaboom', 'Lee's Blues', 'Lemon Veil', 'Magnum Bordeaux', 'Mesa Pearl', 'Moon Dazzle', 'Old Vine Zin', 'Pink Pepper', 'Rambunctious', 'Rigamarole', 'Rosy Bows', 'Shebang', 'Spindazzle', 'Sprinkles', 'Tilt O Whirl', 'Tornado Rose', 'Tumble Bug',

Species Hybrids: 'Lawton Ridge', 'Phantom Island', 'Union Made',