Picotee
The flowers are very single but delicate; they tend to not be very symmetrical so will not be to everyone’s taste. However, the beautiful foliage is reason enough to grow this plant. Its parentage is unique, and it is reported to be fertile so it should be of interest to hybridizers. I do not know of any progeny of ‘Picotee’.
| Cultivar: | Picotee |
| Year: | 1949 |
| Seedling No: | 15306-16. Page 27 of Saunders’ Notebook III |
| Parentage: | 16: #12011 corsica (Barr) X macrophylla |
| Flower: | Color: | white with pink veins and edges, giving the overall appearance of light pink |
| Form: | single, only 8 petals | |
| Blooms: | Week 5 (mine is in some shade, could be earlier) | |
| Carpels: | 2-3 | |
| Stigmas: | dark red | |
| Disc: | bright pink | |
| Stamens: | filaments are red | |
| Plant: | Habit: | upright |
| Foliage color: | medium green, shining, red stems | |
| Foliage form: | leaves entire | |
| Height: | 24″ (reported); 30″ in 2021 | |
| Recommendation: | Collectors’ plant |
| Availability: | Few specialty nurseries |
