Available at Hartle-Gilman Gardens Home of Minnesota Martagons

Irish Cream— with forward thinking of Mr, E Fox, hybridizing goals were that of Larger flowers, Higher bloom count, prolonged bloom season and brown/black stems.  Irish Cream was a controlled cross with strict record keeping on the progression of the lily. When asked what the hybridizers favorites were, Irish Cream was on the list. His statement was as follows: “Hereafter is a lily that arrived after about 10 backcrosses over 30 years. To get the foliage, the black stems and the arching pedicles all in one plant took years. I registered one along the way ‘ Irish Cream'”  Experts from “Canadian Lily Hyberdizers and Their Lilies–A Working Garden Reference” by Leanne Dowd.

Parentage unknown. what can I say—- Such a rare opportunity to be offering ‘Irish Cream’ martagon this season. I was thrilled that this historic classic was a survivor of the winter without snow 2024-2025. With  the larger flowers that this mart has, there are some unusal breeding that occurred to achieve this genetic genius of E. Fox.   I am extremely happy with the vigor and display of ‘Irish Cream’ Martagon and I am sure that once you see it you will be dancing a jig as well. 

 R: unknown, G: E.E. Fox (1989), N: E.E. Fox (1990), I: Fox Lily Ranch (1993), REG: E.E. Fox (1992) Inside white with a cream tinge towards the centre, changing to lime-green in the nectaries, throat light green; outside cream/white, midribs mid green, and plum-coloured edges at the junction with the pedicel; spots very small, maroon, sprinkled on two-thirds of each tepal and on the reverse; pollen cinnamon. Fls 50 mm wide; tepals 35 × 17 mm, margins smooth, tips slightly recurved. Lvs whorled, 150 × 32-35 mm, dark green, with pronounced vein grooves. Stems 1.4 m, green, with c.22 fls. Late June to early July.  (fragrance of grapefruit)  

Please plant 5-6 inches deep. My photos just do not do this floret justice. Need to practice.

4-5 feet tall once established in a few seasons with multiple stems.

full sunshine to semi sun rays.. this lily will not tolerate deep shade nor damp wet continuous moisture on the roots. They need to have good drainage and it will do just fine in normal garden mixtures  with perennials.

Plant 5-6 inches deep in well drained soil.  They do not want full shade nor continuous wet damp soil conditions