| Description | Mrs. R.O. Backhouse Martagon Lily is a 54-inch plant with pendulous, golden-orange flowers. It grows best in cool, moist, shaded areas. |
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| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizoms, etc. |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
| Sunlight | filtered sun, part sun |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average, well drained, poorly drained soils will cause the bulbs to rot |
| Flowers | Resembling a tiger lily, it is straw yellow with a soft magenta underside and tiny red spots, pendulous in form. The petals are strongly recurved, reminiscent of a Turk's cap. |
| Leaves | single stem, widely spaced whorls of green leaves |
| Stems | single stems, bulbs |
| Dimensions | up to six feet |
| Maintenance | After blooming, allow the foliage to remain, cut off any heavy tops, and you can plant in the spring. Fertilize in the spring and again after blooming, and they may need to be staked. |
| Propagation | division of bulbs in September to October (Zone #5) |
| Native Site | Introduced in around the 1920's. |
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