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The vivid image that came from Kingdon Ward's description of pink martagons in 'A Plant Hunter in Tibet' is one that has stuck with me. Imagine my delight when entering the greenhouse one day to find this beautiful creature awaiting me. Imagine the further delight in learning its especially special status as a rare and potentially endangered variety from Northern Mongolia and Siberia. Petals emerge dark and open becoming delicately rosy and spotted as they reflex with maturity. Let it transport you to misty fields far away.

One of our favorite West Coast Lily native species, this can be found in southern Oregon where it often grows in associated plant communities with the Darlingtonia or Pitcher Plant. These are seed grown from a wild collection by Ron Ratko and are near or at flowering size. Red/orange Turk's Cap flowers.

The Klamath mountain endemic variant of the west coast leopard lily, here collected by Ron Ratko of Northwest Native Seed. The usual 2ft tall spotted turks caps but of a solid orange and with yellow anthers in this particular subspecies. A denizen of sunny wet meadows so give it a nice moist spot with some light.

California native Lily from a Ron Ratko seed collection. This has the small but glorious orange Turk's Cap flower with orange recurved petals darkly spotted. Haven't met a West Coast Lily yet that hasn't completely bewitched me. This one increases nicely from offsets.

Gorgeously reflexed Lily set atop hefty stems that can reach upwards of 5ft with wine-red centers drifting out into the pale yellow ochre of the petal tips which lend it its artistic variety name. Second generation seed from a Floden Wynn-Jones expedition to Vietnam. 

Our collection from North Vietnam of this fantastic species lily. We've sold others' collections for years so it's nice to finally be able to offer our own, and you really can't have enough of the 2-3' stalks of pale yellow flowers splotched in red. Said red splotch is less wine spill and more blood-spatter in this collection, that is to say more diffuse. Good vigor and ease which isn't always the case for species lilies. 

"Otome-Yuri" maiden lily, is possessed of all the delicate charm and beauty the name suggests. A rarity endemic to the Tohoku region of Japan and much celebrated both locally and abroad. The flowers are of a sublime soft pink (the picture is a bit deceiving here) and the plant stays relatively small at 1-2ft. I love her, please care for her as I do. Full sun and well drained soil reminiscent of its alpine home.