Description

Lilium martagon Snowy Morning is a martagon lily chosen for its graceful habit and its pendant Turks cap flowers in white to creamy white 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. Its pale flowers create a cooler, quieter effect that is especially valuable in shaded gardens, evening landscapes and restrained planting palettes. 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 partners particularly well with green and silver foliage, white foxgloves, ferns and shade tolerant grasses, giving a calm, high quality composition with strong seasonal elegance.