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Lilium martagon
Also called Turk's Cap, Turk's Cap Lily, Turkscap Lily, Martagon, Turban Lily
Lilium martagon is a bulbous perennial lily native across Europe and Asia, valued for its nodding, turban-shaped flowers. It grows best in cool, moist, well-drained soil in partial shade, and the bulb should be planted deep and left undisturbed.
Lilium martagon, the martagon lily or Turk's cap lily, is a Eurasian species of lily. It has a widespread native region extending from Portugal east through Europe and Asia as far east as Mongolia.
Horticulturally it is in Division IX (true species).
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lilium martagon by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
