A specific type of edge on a flower, where the edge is of a different color than that of the flower's base color. Picotees can have borders or margins which are lighter or darker, but they should be of a contrasting color.
Picotee: Petals with a narrow band of contrasting colour around them.
Pinching Out: Removing the main growing point from a plant to encourage side growth.
PICOTEE -- Term applied to a narrow band of color on a pale ground at the edge of a petal.
PINCHING OUT -- The removal of the growing point of a stem to induce bushiness or to encourage flowering. Also known as stopping.
picotee A pattern of flower petal coloration in which the edges of the petal are a contrasting color to the body.
pilose Having long, soft hairs.
'Picotee' attractive white flowers have reddish pink edges with faint red lines running the length of the petals and yellow flower centers.
Begonia Picotee Flowers for Shade Gardens
Begonia Picotee make great flowers for shade gardens. Get tips on planting and growing begonia. More
Aconitum Flowers for Shade Gardens ...
Single-flowered: 'Hercules', 'Lemon Lime', 'Liberty', 'Picotee', 'Red Lion', 'Rilona', 'Royal Velvet' and 'Wonderland'
Double-flowered: 'Blossom Peacock', 'Double Record', 'Unique' and 'White Peacock' ...
Helleborus Winter Jewels Single Pink Picotee Strain
This plant produces beautifully veined, picotee flowers. Helleborus flowers are superb at being tough, thriving from late winter through the spring without being bothered by pests, deer or rabbits.
Among other highly rated plants is Dianthus 'Floral Lace Violet Picotee' from Ball Seed Company. This plant is uniform and compact, reaching from 10 to 12 inches tall and about the same in width. Its lace-like flower petals are a deep rose color.
Flower forms vary; some are shaped like roses, some like camellias, some have ruffled edges and some, referred to as picotee, have edges in a contrasting color. Multifloras are bushy plants about a foot tall with smaller flowers, but more of them.
Velocity Lemon and Plum Picotee viola
(Viola williamsii 'Velocity Lemon and Plum Picotee') bears bright yellow blooms edged in plum-purple on a mounded, compact plant to 8 inches tall and wide. It offers good heat resistance.
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Although red and scarlet are the most popular colors, the flowers may be pink, white, salmon, apricot, rose, bicolor or picotee (petals with a different edge color) and in both single and double forms.
Flowers: Single, double or semi-double blooms classified by coloring as one of the following: solid ("self"); striped or flecked in contrast ("fancy"); marginally contrasted ("picotee"); bicolor, which have a contrasting eye; ...
Flower Color: Creamy white with a cherry picotee, blushing to all burgundy
Flower Form: Double, classically-formed
Flower Size: Large, 4 to 5 inch diameter
Petal Count: Around 30
Foliage Color: Highly glossed deep green ...
glorious ruffled blooms, dainty miniatures, eye-catching bi-colours, picotee varieties, spider forms, and more. There is such a wide range of flower forms and exotic colour combinations that it is almost impossible to choose ! ...
Not so with 'Golden Wave' begonia. This is the first picotee (petals edged in a different color) with a truly hanging habit - a great way to see those 6- to 7-inch flowers from the comfort of your porch swing.
I. imperialis 'Mt. Fuji'. Flowers are crimson, sky blue, violet, and deep purple accented with a white pinwheel and picotee pattern.
 See also: Plant, Flower, Bloom, Petal, Grow
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