Data specific to Lilies (Edit)
Division: IX. Species and Species Cultivars

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Toxicity: Other: All parts of the plant are lethal to cats
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Will not come true from seed
Other info: Species lilies will come true from seed; cultivars and hybrids will not.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Other: Bulb scaling.

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Common names
  • Martagon Lily
  • Common Turk's Cap Lily
  • Lily
  • Species Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lilium martagon var. martagon
  • Synonym: Lilium martagon var. cattaniae
  • Synonym: Lilium martagon var. album
  • Synonym: Lilium martagon var. carneum
  • Synonym: Lilium martagon var. hirsutum
  • Synonym: Lilium martagon var. plenum
  • Synonym: Lilium martagon var. sanguineopurpureum
  • Synonym: Lilium martagon var. flavidum
  • Synonym: Lilium martagon var. dalmaticum
  • Synonym: Lilium martagon var. albiflorum
  • Synonym: Lilium martagon var. alternifolium

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Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2015-05-20
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-06-18
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2007-06-23
Location: -Tasmania 2014
Date: 2022-01-09
Location: My garden, Skåne, Sweden
Date: June 2016
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2023-05-03
Mostly self-sown seedlings along a very large cedar hedge

Date: c. 1880
illustration by W. H. Fitch from Elwes' 'Monograph of the Genus L
Location: My Garden
Date: 2014-07-01
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-05-28
Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2018-05-04
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-12-02

Credit Ernst Gügel
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-06-19
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-06-19
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-12-04
Just bought, hope it will bloom next year!

Date: c. 1936
photo from the 1936 catalog, John Scheepers, New York City, NY
Location: Longwood Gardens 2011
Date: 2014-02-01
Location: Wallington Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2015-07-06
En masse in the walled garden at Wallington.
Uploaded by Joebass
Uploaded by Joebass

Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek
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Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-06-19
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-05-28
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-06-12
Location: -Tasmania 2014
Date: 2020-01-12

Date: 6/2007
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Plant Events from our members
aspenhill On September 13, 2015 Obtained plant
B&D Lilies - qty 2
Australis On June 11, 2022 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
Last var. dauvagense seedling had disappeared from its planter. Probably rotted from all the rain we've had.
Australis On May 1, 2022 Entered Dormancy
Surviving var. dauvagense seedling still extant early 2022 and went dormant around early May.
Australis On April 1, 2018 Potted up
Four var. dauvagense seedlings.
Australis From February 17, 2018 to March 6, 2018 Entered Dormancy
Approx. dates only.
Australis From December 1, 2017 to April 1, 2018 Winterized
Vernalised var. dauvagense in the fridge. Probably should have taken them out a few weeks ago, as one of the seedlings had just started to break dormancy.
Australis On November 26, 2017 Miscellaneous Event
var. album seedling has collapsed in the last day or two. May have been due to the unseasonally hot weather and thunderstorms this past week.
Australis On November 13, 2017 Maintenance performed
Disbudded the var. albiflorum ex Lake Nurseries, as something had damaged the lower whorl of leaves. The Tesselaar bulb was too small after blooming earlier in the year.
Australis On October 2, 2017 Plant emerged
var. album seedling.
Australis From October 2, 2017 to October 17, 2017 Plant emerged
var. albiflorum.
Australis On June 16, 2017 Transplanted
Something went amiss with the seed-raising bags, as only one of the 9 var. album seedlings survived to transplant.
Australis From May 22, 2017 to June 8, 2017 Entered Dormancy
var. albiflorum.
Australis On May 20, 2017 Plant emerged
One var. dauvagense seedling sent up a leaf.
Australis From May 4, 2017 to May 16, 2017 Seeds germinated
4 var. dauvagense seeds germinated.
Australis From March 22, 2017 to April 10, 2017 Bloomed
var. albiflorum - 7 blooms from the Tesselaar bulb. Disbudded the Lake Nurseries bulb.
Australis On February 26, 2017 Seeds sown
Started 5 var. dauvagense seeds.
Australis From February 25, 2017 to March 6, 2017 Plant emerged
var. albiflorum - Tesselaar bulb first, then the Lake Nurseries bulb.
Australis From January 30, 2017 to February 8, 2017 Plant emerged
6 of the 9 var. album seedlings sent up their first true leaf.
Australis On January 24, 2017 Obtained plant
Received var. dauvagense seed from the SRGC seed exchange.
Australis From October 29, 2016 to January 21, 2017 Winterized
var. album seedlings placed in the fridge to vernalise.
Australis From September 7, 2016 to September 14, 2016 Entered Dormancy
var. albiflorum ex Lake Nurseries.
Australis On August 20, 2016 Maintenance performed
Disbudded var. albiflorum ex Lake Nurseries. The var. albiflorum ex Tesselaar showed signs of overwatering and the stem had died, so I checked the bulb. It was intact, so I replanted it.
Australis On July 26, 2016 Plant emerged
var. albiflorum ex Lake Nurseries.
Australis On July 20, 2016 Potted up
var. albiflorum ex Lake Nurseries.
Australis On July 20, 2016 Obtained plant
1x var. albiflorum from Lake Nurseries on clearance. Bulb had already begun to shoot in the bag.
Australis From June 26, 2016 to July 1, 2016 Seeds germinated
var. album seeds germinated (90%).
Australis On June 21, 2016 Plant emerged
var. albiflorum ex Tesselaar.
Australis On June 11, 2016 Potted up
var. albiflorum ex Tesselaar.
Australis On June 10, 2016 Obtained plant
1x var. albiflorum from Tesselaar.
Australis On June 7, 2016 Seeds sown
Obtained var. album seeds from Chiltern Seeds.
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