Tamberg in Berlin
Berlin serves as the hometown of Dr. Tomas and Christina Tamberg. Many of their registered daylily cultivars incorporate “Berlin” or “Berliner” in their names, reflecting this connection. Notable examples include ‘Berlin Multi’ (registered 1986) and ‘Berliner Kontrapunkt’ (registered 2017). In total, 34 cultivars feature Berlin-related nomenclature.
Following the German reunification, the Tambergs established a second garden in Falkenrehde, just outside Berlin. This expansion provided additional space for cultivation, bringing the total area available for daylilies and beardless irises to approximately 3000 square meters. The Falkenrhede garden functions as both a breeder’s and show garden. It is open to visitors twice a year—for iris in May and daylilies in July—as part of the “Offenen Gärten in Berlin und Brandenburg” initiative.
Since 2016, a dedicated collection of daylily cultivars by Dr. Tamberg has been planted in Berlin’s Britzer Garden (Britzer Garten), a public landscape park established in 1985 for the Federal Horticultural Show (Bundesgartenschau). The plants were donated by Mr. and Mrs. Breiter and transported by Bernd Färber of the GdS (Gesellschaft der Staudenfreunde) from Magdeburg to Berlin. The collection is situated in Berlin’s Britzer Garten, between the Mediterranean Garden (Mediterraner Garten) and the small lake known as Irissee.
These locations underscore the Tambergs’ contributions to daylily cultivation in and around Berlin, encompassing private breeding efforts and public display collections.
Further details on Tambergs work with daylilies can be found at Tamberg’s own homepage under the section ’daylily breeding’ (in German): https://tamberg.hier-im-netz.de/hem-zuchtung.htm
Image: ’Reinrosa Versuchung’ by Dr. Tomas Tamberg. Photographed in Britzer Garten, Berlin.
