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"Bailey's Compact Amur Maple is an excellent larger shrub for screening or as a striking fall feature in the garden. This compact variety grows about half the size of a traditional Amur maple to 7 to 9 ft. tall by about 8 ft. wide in sun or part shade. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution, extreme cold and adapts to both dry and moist conditions. The smaller maple leaf shaped green foliage turns outstanding shades of orange and in the fall." Grobe Nursery & Garden Center, Breslau, Ontario, Canada

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Considered cold-hardy and will survive light freezes without damage.
Funnel - form rosette up to 21"tall with 2.5" green leaves blotched in purple-black with purple-black leaf tips and bases with small spines along leaf margins. The long lasting inflorescence spike to 18" tall with short branching supports the flaming orange and yellow flowers.
Prefers part sun growing conditions to bring out the blotches on leaves.

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Frilly double form. Original forms are native to northern Mexico, Texas and
Colorado. Note it grows in dry climate near water. Soil surface is dry but the taproots
have access to water below the surface.

Lots of good cultural info available from Sakata Seed America. Recommended light fertilizer for seedlings: 100-150ppm N from a balanced Calcium Nitrate based fertilizer. Maintain consistent temps for days 22-56, avoid temperatures over 75°F and under 45°F during active seedling growth period.

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Neoregelia 'Lucifer' is a outstanding hybrid by Chester Skotak.
Seed plant-((carolinae variegated x Hannibal Lecter) x Norman Bates) x ((Hannibal Lecter X Skotaks Tiger) x Skotaks Tiger)
Pollen plant - Blushing Tiger x Hannibal Lecter

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Recently created genus housing 5 species of barrel cacti formerly under Ferocactus, including the clumping Zapotitlan Barrel Cactus (Parrycactus flavovirens). Separated from Ferocactus based on genetic evidence indicating they are a distinct lineage. Dry growing, drought tolerant, sun loving cacti.

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Neoregelia 'Termite' is a Chester Skotak hybrid.
Parent plants (carolinae x "King of Kings') x 'King of Kings'.
Open rosette to 18" diameter. Bronze green leaves marginated and striated in a creamy yellow with a flush of pink. As plant matures random dark red flecks and partial crossbanding with red tips becomes more apparent on leaves.
Best coloration is achieved in high light conditions.

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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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