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Neoregelia 'Outrigger' is a Lisa Vincent hybrid.
Parent plants: lilliputiana x 'Fireball' x olens.
Prefers high light conditions to bring in the random red flecks and a few red cross bars.
Averages a 4" diameter 4"-5" tubular rosette producing offsets on stolons up to 4".

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Currently not registered with the RHS and appears to be a clone in commerce under a trade name.

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Very fast multiplication, Heavy gold wire edge, Rust resistant, Vigorous large fans 6" to 8" wide midway up the fans.

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This is an heirloom tomato from Puerto Rico, introduced by the seed company Desde mi Huerto. The fruits are red and deeply ribbed. Probably originally from Italy as it looks much like the other "Custoluto" tomato types.

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Aechmea 'Pie in the Sky' is a cultivar of Aechmea pimenti - velosoi.

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This is not a registered grex but instead appears to be a selected clone marketed under a trade name.

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Open rosette up to 24" with lime green margins and central burgundy stripes/striations when grown in strong light.
Sport of N. 'Royal Burgundy'

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This genus of Vernonia was named after William Vernon who was an American botanist of the 17th century in North America. This genus of the Daisy Family consists of around 1,000 species that have been described of annuals, perennials, shrubs, and small trees, occurring in many warmer parts of the world. I am only familiar. with a number of perennial species found in North America. These perennial species are all similar to each other and differ some in height, that ranges from 2 to 10 feet, plant hairiness, size and narrowness of the leaves, and denseness of flower clusters. They are called Ironweeds because the central stems are hard. The leaves are alternate. The small flowers are some shade of purple and bloom in summer into fall. The foliage is bitter so that mammals are deterred from eating them.

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This species is usually called either the Common or the Smooth Ironweed, and has been called the Prairie or Western Ironweed also, though there is another species better called the Western Ironweed. It is a shorter Ironweed of usually 2 to 4 feet high, though 6 feet is possible. It does spread by rhizomes, underground stems. Its central stem that can be whitish or green or red-purple is hairless, as are the top and bottom of the leaves. The leaves are mostly narrow lanceolate and get to be 5 inches long by 1/2 inch wide, and leaves are either sessile, (directly attached to the stem), or only have a short petiole. The flower clusters are on the small side and are densely clustered. Like other Ironweed species, the foliage is bitter so that it deters feeding by mammals. This species is native from southeast North Dakota down through Oklahoma, found in most of MN, WI, IL, & MO, found in all of Iowa, areas of Indiana & Ohio, to northeast Ohio. Some sources write of the cold hardiness being USDA Zone 3 to 7.

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A Gary Hendrix hybrid of ('Bob Read' x 'Granada') x pauciflora.
A nice small compact grower producing offsets on short stolons.

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I was verifying the hardiness zones for Silverbush and re-read my initial comment.
I've had a nice 6 inch tall one in a pot in a south facing window since I received it late last summer.
It is maintaining quite well... so maybe the rosemary comparison in the first comment was too harsh.
I'm hoping for something special when I put it outdoors in about 3 weeks.

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I think it was hybridized by a man named Augustus Jenkins Farmer III.

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Japanese butterbur seems to escape cultivation and naturalize easily. If it has such significant potential to become invasive in Virginia, maybe it shouldn't be encouraged?

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Described height is far too small. My neighbors have this vine growing in their border evergreen trees. The vines scramble up to a height of at least 20 feet. This weed is one of the most difficult to eradicate, the tough woody roots run very deep. I'd rather have kudzu.

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This is Orchid on Newbold's selection of the grex, unfortunately mislabelled as one of its parent species (Iris-Like Cymbidium (Cymbidium iridioides)). The labellum is a clear giveaway that it is actually a Bennett-Poei rather than iridioides due to the tracyanum traits it displays.

It was used in OON's hybrid with Cym. elegans 'Belle', which was mislabelled as Maggie Fowler due to the parent being mislabelled. In reality, the hybrid is a new, unregistered combination (at time of writing).

The original plant is also likely infected with ORSV, as the division I obtained from OON in early March 2024 tested positive for ORSV (OON promptly refunded me when I contacted them).

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Arctic Supreme has slightly smaller than average chalice shaped pale pink flowers. Constant checking to see if the fruit is ripe is required because the majority of the skin on the fruit remains cream/white with a red blush but the white portions that are not in direct sunlight have a light lime green hue and may appear to be unripe. Despite the pale color of the fruit the sweetness is absolutely divine. It is ripening in mid-September in zone 6b. Edited to include: Arctic Supreme tree has a loose columnar growth than wide spread.

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Plant details may be found at https://www.missouribotanicalg...
Based on child plants associated with this cultivar, it is a diploid
Based on the reference link, this cultivar is a tetraploid
I am surprised AHS let the children be listed with a unregistered daylily as a parent.

Cultivar does not perform well in my garden; does not increase and rarely blooms. I only keep it because I am too lazy to dig it up and throw it over the fence.

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Notes from 2023
4" bloom
Season Early
FFO 9 May
Rebloomed 16 Jun
Prev year notes at same location
2022 FFO 5/12; 2021 FFO 5/20 [year of the Great Freeze in TX]
2020 FFO 5/6 4.5" bloom 2019 FFO 5/15

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2024: available from at least the following sellers
Oakes
Ogden Station
both sources cite a 6" bloom
Garden notes:
blooms every year, has minimal increase, pod fertile as I have 4 unregistered seedlings, at least 1 of which is dormant.
blooms are only 5" when I measure early morning...maybe they open more later
5" blooms are typical here when I measure
season is early-mid: FFO dates--5/20/19, 5/13/20, 5/18/21, 5/12/22, 5/19/23 all in same location.
Bought in 2001, apparent year of introduction.

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Aechmea 'Rakate' is a very recognizable 1947 Aechmea hybrid by W. Richter of Germany.
Seed parent: A. fulgens v. discolor
Pollen parent: A. nudicaulis

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