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This Aloe is an Ed Hummel hybrid named for his wife, Minnie Belle. It puts out spikes of small bell-shaped, dusty red-orange flowers and is excellent for use on windowsills and in dish gardens.

Hosta 'Humpback Whale' was introduced in 2012 following breeder Mildred Seaver's death. It was reported that this giant blue-green hosta was auctioned at the 2006 AHS convention for $3700 for a single plant.

Hosta 'T-Rex,' also called Tom Rex, is from a cross of H. montana f. macrophylla X 'Big John.'

Hosta 'Komodo Dragon' was introduced by Mildred Seaver, one of 95 introductions on the list of
her hosta cultivars.

Hosta 'Empress Wu' is considered to be the largest-leaf hosta and was introduced by Brian and Virginia Skaggs. It was a selected seedling of Hosta 'Big John' (Clarence Owens, 1986)

Graptoveria 'Amethorum' is a hybrid of Graptopetalum amthystinium and Echeveria purpurosum. It forms rosettes that blush violet in bright light.