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Picotee
Hippeastrum 'Picotee'
Picotee blooms from March through April.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Picotee
Plant it in part sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 8–10. Expect it to reach about 20 in tall and 8 in wide at maturity, in roughly 2 years (checked).
What was checked
Fifteen fields were checked against named botanical sources, each recorded beside the sources that carried it, with every unsettled point written down and decided: mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, the trait tags, soil, diseases, pests, toxicity, the plant's own names, and years to mature size, which rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one and is marked so. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Picotee
Picotee is a tender bulb, hardy in the ground only in zones 8 to 10: there it goes in during the cool season, typically November or December in zone 9, ahead of its March to April bloom. Colder than zone 8 it will not survive winter in the ground, so grow it in a pot that comes indoors before frost, or plant it out in spring for one season.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 9, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 9 in November. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Picotee get?
20 intall5 ft 7 inan adult8 inwideSee Picotee in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
Where these facts come from
Picotee's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, years to mature size, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 13 published sources on August 23, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Societyheight, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color, years to mature size, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- NC State ExtensionPlant Toolboxheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, pests and toxicity
- University of Florida IFASUF/IFAS Extension (Ask IFAS, FP255)spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases and pests
- Longfield Gardensheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color and soil
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, soil and pests
- University of Florida IFASUF/IFAS Extension (Ask IFAS, Circular 1243 / EP060)sun, water, bloom months and color, years to mature size, soil and pests
- colorblends.comColorblendsheight, hardiness zones and bloom months and color
- dutchgrown.comDutchGrownheight, bloom months and color and pests
- University of Minnesota Extensionwater, trait tags, diseases and pests
- Breck'sbloom months and color and years to mature size
- Iowa State University Extensionand Outreach, Yard and Gardenheight, diseases and toxicity
- University of Wisconsin HorticultureWisconsin Horticulturehardiness zones, soil and diseases
- ASPCAAnimal Poison Controltoxicity
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
Good to know about Picotee
Curated from university extensions, botanic gardens and other primary sources, with the source named on every note.
Safety
Toxic to dogs, cats, horses and people; all parts are poisonous, the bulb most of all. The toxins are lycorine and related alkaloids. Eating it brings vomiting and drooling. per ASPCA
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