"During the late 1960s, Amos Pickard of Canterbury, Kent, raised several open-pollinated seedlings of Magnolia X soulangeana 'Picture'. All these seedlings grew into multistemmed upright-growing large shrubs or small to medium-sized trees and flower prolifically where spring temperatures are high during late March or early April and where light levels are good. Most have six tepals of good substance and three more that are sepal-like in appearance. These plants are surprisingly cold-tolerant when dormant and are grown in collections in Poland, Germany, and Sweden. Sir Peter Smithers at Vico Morcote in Switzerland has had considerable success with them... 'Pickard's Schmetterling' is an extremely elegant looking flower with 15 cm (6 in.) long narrow tepals, creamy white and deeply stained with reddish purple on the outside. It was named by Mrs. Pickard." --Jim Gardiner, Magnolias - A Gardener's Guide (Timber Press)