Martagon Varieties
These statuesque lilies produce numerous scented flowers with up to 50 on vigorous plants.
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Arabian Knight
L3386
Bring some Middle Eastern luxury to your early summer garden with the exquisitely beautiful flowers of Martagon lily ‘Arabian Night’.
These ‘Turk’s cap’ lilies are so called thanks to their highly reflexed petals which curl back on themselves, giving a turban-like appearance. Each tall stem is adorned with 20-30 captivating flowers.
A rich palette of gold and velvet-maroon shades gives this variety an opulent and mysterious look.
Perhaps surprisingly, the plants originate from Swiss mountain meadow regions and therefore thrive in part-shade, able to withstand cold winters and are more than happy to naturalise in the right conditions.
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Claude Shride
L3379
Downward-facing, mahogany red flowers are peppered with yellow-orange speckles on enchanting Martagon lily ‘Claude Shride’. The flowers bloom, up to 30 per stem, during June and July each year.
This dramatic and floriferous 1970’s lily is excellent for cutting and adding architecture and contrast to floral displays, just as it does in the garden border. Loved by butterflies, ‘Claude Shride’ will naturalise beautifully in part-shade, in rich, well-drained slightly alkaline soil.
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Fairy Morning
L3866
Graceful, nodding pink blooms freckled with cinnamon spots appear above whorled leaves.
A woodland lily martagon Fairy Morning has an old-world charm, flowering in early summer. Prefers dappled shade and humus-rich soil. Once established, returns for decades, growing taller and fuller each year.
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Golden Morning
L3898
Golden petals studded with deep red freckles twist backward on arching stems. Lilium martagon Golden Morning is delight in a summer garden.
Flowering in June, this robust lily adds height and drama to borders. A natural for wild corners and shady plots, where it rises year after year with increasing vigour.
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Sunny Morning
L3868
Enchanting Martagon lily ‘Sunny Morning’ produces bountiful stems of downturned orange-yellow blooms, splashed with burgundy-red spots and markings.
The small, delicate looking flowers are surprisingly tough, as these plants originate from mountainous meadow areas of the Swiss Alps – they therefore thrive in a cooler climate and the bulbs withstand cold winters. Grow Martagon lilies in humus-rich, well-drained soil in a position in part shade and they will thrive and naturalise readily in the garden.
Plant extra bulbs to ensure you have enough to spare for cutting, as the stems make wonderful, unusual cut flowers.
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Terrace City
L3701
Lilium martagon Terrace City has blushed petals which fade from golden yellow to dusky pink at the tips, speckled richly throughout. A refined lily for shade-dappled borders, flowering generously each June.
Strong vertical form, low maintenance once settled. Combines well with ferns and early summer perennials.
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