Lilium martagon
(Turkscap Lily)
Family - Liliaceae
Category - Bulb
Origin - Northwest Europe, Northwest Asia
Year of Introduction - 1596
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H7
Height - up to 1.8m
Width - 30cm
Location - The Woodland Walk
Description: Bulbous Perennial with glossy, dark green leaves that are held in whorls up the tall stems. Nodding, pale to dusky pink lily flowers have prominent stamens and strongly recurved tepals that are marked with darker spots. As many as fifty flowers are produced on each stem in midsummer.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Additional common name - Martagon Lily
Flower:
Nodding, pale to dusky pink turkscap flowers with prominent stamens have recurved tepals marked with pinkish-purple spots. Flowers are produced in June and July and held in racemes. As many as fifty flowers can be produced on each stem.
Flower colour: Pink
Flower shape: Turkscap lily flowers in racemes
Flowering time: June, July
Foliage:
Glossy, dark green leaves are Elliptic to oblanceolate in shape and are held in whorls up the stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Elliptic to oblanceolate
Pest and Diseases:
Prone to attacks from the Lily Beetle.
Propagation:
Seed, division (separation) of offsets.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun or partial shade in moisture retentive, but well drained soil.