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Martagon Lily 'Album' (Lilium martagon): Pure White Turk's Cap Flowers

Overview

Lilium martagon 'Album' is a pure white form of the martagon lily, bearing numerous small, reflexed Turk's cap flowers on tall stems. It thrives in dappled shade and is exceptionally long-lived.

Taxonomy

Family:	Liliaceae (lil-ee-AY-see-ee)
Genus:	Lilium (LIL-ee-um)
Species:	martagon (MART-uh-gon)
Cultivar:	Album

Culture

Plant bulbs in autumn in humus-rich, well-drained soil. Dappled shade. Mulch annually.

Bulbs: Turks Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus): A Vibrant Tropical Shrub; Martagon Lily (Lilium martagon): Turks Cap Lily with Whorled Leaves; Regal Lily (Lilium regale): Fragrant White Trumpets with Gold Throat; Crinodonna Lily (× Amarcrinum memoria-corsii): Hybrid Vigor & Beauty; Madonna Lily (Lilium candidum): Historic Symbol of Purity; Voodoo Lily (Amorphophallus bulbifer): Bizarre Inflorescence & Bulbils; Spider Lily (Hymenocallis speciosa): Fragrant White Stars; Philippine Lily (Lilium philippinense); Pyrenean Lily (Lilium pyrenaicum): Straw-Colored Turk's Cap Flowers; Martagon Lily 'Mrs. R.O. Backhouse' (Lilium x marhan): Pink Turk's Cap Hybrid

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