Source for martagons and other shade lilies?

16 years ago

Anyone have a favorite source? I checked the Lily Garden and was surprised they didnÂt have any.

For that matter, anyone have a favorite variety to recommend? The location is deciduous shade, and I am filling it with "woodland" plants like ferns, true geraniums, astilbe, and hostas. Early species tulips have perennialized well there, if that is useful to know. It is "rooty" from the trees so tends to be dry-ish.

Ideally IÂd like something that would "glow" in the shade. ItÂs far from the house so a color that would project a bit would be great. IÂd love any shade of red, like a TurkÂs Cap lily: maybe yellow too.

Thanks!

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pitimpinai
16 years ago
Buggy Crazy is the best source. She still has some lilies left.
I ordered from the Lily Garden too, but right now they must be of Martagon because I don't see it listed on the list.
hostaholic2 z 4, MN
16 years ago
For what it's worth... I ordered some bulbs from Buggycrazy a couple of years ago. Most of them were fine, but I did receive one bulb that was virused.When it bloomed there was definite mottling and streaking. I e-mailed her with a pic of the bloom and never received a reply. As it was a single bulb, I didn't pursue it any further, just dug it and disposed of it.
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leftwood
16 years ago
That's very unusual for Buggycrazy, both the virused bulb and the no reply.

No one has a better selection of martagons than Summer Chase Gardens - 17 cultivars.

http://summerchasegardens.vstore.ca/index.php/cName/martagon/osCsid/e650a6f39e661160c640b7c46e9fd29a
newine_gw
16 years ago
Have you checked any of the Canadian companies?Some of them ship to the US and the cost of the phyto cert. is not too bad, Try Lilynook, Estate Perennials, Parkland Perennials and S-W Gardens.Estate P. took over the huge amount of bulbs from the hybridization work of Eugene Fox and Lilynook has the ones from Ed Robinson.I have bought from all four and they all ship good sizes bulbs.I am up to 16 kinds of martagons now and have a wish list for the future.I also have the Fox book on martagons the martagon cd and a bag full of seeds in the fridge halfway through the germination process.Yes, I am hooked!!!!
linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago)
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks!
pontus
16 years ago
the lily nook is very good. I got some very good quality martagon hybrids from them 2 years ago.

how deep is the soil where you intend to plant the lilies? if you want something that glows nicely, I would suggest lilium regale.

If you are interested, I can send you my plant list, as I offer quite alot of lilies in my catalogue. I also have 'manitoba fox' available, and maybe some martagon albums.

Pontus
Mainiac
16 years ago
Summerchase products will be sold by Faraway Flowers starting this fall....
linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago)
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks for the tips. I will check these out. Seeds sound intriging. I'm not sure I have that kind of patience, though.

I think I need to start with something really easy, as I'm not sure if I have the right conditions. Is there one considered especially tolerant of my coditions? Dry, rooty dappled shade? I do water (installed a system for that bed) but a lot gets sucked right away.