Abstract: The new cultivar originated as a branch mutation of the ‘Art's Pride’ cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,090) of unknown causation. Attractive blossoms are formed having yellow-orange ray and disc florets which differ substantially in coloration from those of the ‘Art's Pride’ cultivar. Also, the blossoms display a blossom fragrance that is more intense than that of the ‘Art's Pride’ cultivar. Dark green semi-glossy foliage is formed that contrasts nicely with the blossom coloration. The new cultivar is capable of imparting distinctive ornamentation to the landscape.

Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Echinacea, ‘CBG Cone 2’, characterized by its compact and dwarf growth habit, its sturdy stems, its horizontally held blooms with medium pink florets surrounding yellow-brown cones, its long blooming habit, its ease of propagation, its vigorous growth habit, and its hardiness in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9.

Abstract: A new and distinct highly ornamental Echinacea plant is provided. The blossoms are attractive and display orange-colored ray florets. A sweet orange-spiced tea fragrance emanates from the blossoms. Semi-glossy green foliage is formed that contrasts nicely with the blossom coloration. The plant is free-flowering and commonly blooms from early-July to mid- to late-August at Glencoe, Ill., U.S.A.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Aster, ‘Bridal Veil’, characterized by its spreading and weeping plant habit, its numerous large white capitula, its mature height of about 60 cm (24 inches) and spread of about 1.4 m (54 inches), its good resistance to rust and powdery mildew, and its hardiness in at least U.S.D.A. Zones 5 to 7.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Phlox, ‘Forever Pink’, characterized by its purplish pink flowers that are about 2.5 cm in diameter with the coloration uniform throughout the petals or with a very faint lighter eye, its heavy bloom with almost compete coverage of the plant for three weeks in June in northern Illinois and followed by repeat bloom that covers up of 15% of the plant until late October, its sterility, its strong stems that do not lodge, its compact plant habit, and its high level of resistance to powdery mildew.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Phlox plant, ‘Violet Pinwheels’, that is characterized by its low spreading mounded plant habit, its blooming period for four to six weeks from early to mid-April to mid-May, followed by a light repeat blooming period from August through October, in northern Illinois, its slightly cupped flowers with turned in petals that are obovate in shape with a strongly constricted base and a broad rounded tip with a slight terminal notch, its flowers that at anthesis are vivid purple in color with light violet eyes and basal pairs of violet striae and age to a vivid violet color, its soft, needle-like foliage that is dark green in color, and its resistance to powdery mildew.