Description

Lilium martagon Candy Morning is a martagon lily chosen for its graceful habit and its pendant Turks cap flowers in soft pink with cream and gentle spotting shades, bringing a more delicate woodland character than upright Asiatic or Oriental lilies. This type of lily is particularly valuable in Irish planting where lightly shaded borders, woodland margins and long established perennial schemes need vertical interest without a coarse or heavy effect. The colouring gives it a lighter, sweeter effect that works beautifully with ferns, hostas and soft green woodland planting. The flowers are rich in detail and highly attractive in close viewing situations, making the variety suitable for estate gardens, hotel landscapes and specialist borders where plant quality is noticed. Martagon lilies also contribute to biodiversity by widening the flowering sequence and offering seasonal interest to visiting insects, while their strong stems help them rise cleanly through surrounding foliage. Best results come in humus rich, well drained but moisture retentive soil. It is especially effective when rising through layered shade tolerant companions such as ferns, astrantia, brunnera and hardy geraniums, where the flowers bring delicacy rather than weight.