Gold Medal Winning Martagon Lily Bulbs Martagon Lily Bulbs are ideal for planting in woodland type gardens. Martagon Lilies grow especially well in dappled shade in any well-drained soil from acidic to alkaline, chalky, clay, sand or loam based. Like Lilies, they just don't like to get waterlogged and they can stand the cold, down to -30°C temperatures. They naturalize really well and are long lived and hardy.