Re: Annotation - Uber Den Volken
From: "Harold Peters" <harold@directcon.net>
Do you mind if I forward all of the below information to Keith Keppel for
the decade R&I book? The 1999 book is already published but at least the
decade book would be accurate.
Harold Peters
Beautiful View Iris Garden,
El Dorado Hills, CA USDA zone 9
harold@directcon.net http://www.beautiful-view-iris.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "William C. Dougherty" <103225.2126@compuserve.com>
To: "sibrob" <sibrob@onelist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 6:11 AM
Subject: [sibrob] Annotation - Uber Den Volken
> From: "William C. Dougherty" <103225.2126@compuserve.com>
>
> Hello everyone!
>
> Borbeleta Gardens made "Uber Den Volken" commercially available in 1991.
> It is mentioned in the Borbeleta ad, Spring '91 TSI.
>
> Uber Den Volken (Tamberg) "Over the Clouds"
> Beautiful large very light airy blue
>
> I purchased UDV that year.
>
> The registration is listed in the Spring '94 issue of TSI
>
> Ueber Den Wolken (Tomas Tamberg, R. 1993).
> Sdlg SSTT174. SIB (28 chrom. dip.), 33" (85 cm) M. Light
> blue self . SSTT108: ((Tycoon x Limeheart) x Limeheart) x Signals Blue
>
> In a subsequent article by T. Tambergin TSI he mentions Uber Den Volken.
>
> I do believe I had seen a spelling correction of the registration in a
> later TSI, but I have not had
> time to look over each copy, a single line correction.
>
> I have had little success with UDV, it was slow to bloom. I moved the
plant
> to a corner of the garden where it persisted but did not flourish. The
> light blue flowers are impressive, but it is not floriferous.
> I broke up the clump this Spring and gave some to Jack Worel of Holly lane
> Iris Garden. It died, my transplants persisted but had little increase. I
> also received a piece from Willowwood (Julius Wadekamper, former owner of
> Borbeleta) this Spring and it barely made it through the year.
>
> I believe I have an old picture or slide somewhere. If I have time to scan
> it, I will post it to Iris-photo.
>
>
> Bill Dougherty
> Fridley, MN.
>
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