Abstract: A new cultivar of bee balm, Monarda Hybrid ‘Fire Marshall’, characterized by its inflorescences that are deep red in color, its clump-forming growth habit, its high level of resistance to powdery mildew, its compact plant habit, its height of about 50 cm, and its hardiness in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 7.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Veronica plant, ‘Tidal Pool’, that is characterized by its exhibits a vigorously growing groundcover habit, its deep blue flowers, it's adaptability to growing in clay or sandy soils, and its leaves that are obovate in shape with 4 to 8 shallow lobes, medium green in color and sparsely pubescent on upper and lower surfaces.

Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Echinacea, ‘Burgundy Fireworks’, characterized by its inflorescences with ray florets that are fused their entire length into tubes or “Quills” with the trait being consistently stable throughout the inflorescence, its ray florets that are deep purplish red in color and held upwards at a 15 to 30° angle to the horizontal plane of the inflorescence, its stems that are dark purplish red in color throughout the growing season, its long bloom period, and its uniform height of about 45 cm.

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 interspecific Baptisia ‘Sunny Morning’, that is characterized by its racemes of flowers that are vibrant lemon yellow with the color retained throughout bloom, its abundance of stems that are charcoal gray in spring, its early bloom season, its dense, spreading mounded plant habit, its inflorescences that are held above the foliage, its rare fruit set, and its ability to be readily propagated from stem shoot tip cuttings.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Baptisia, ‘Royal Purple’ that is characterized by its racemes of flowers that are deep violet-blue in color, its dense vase-shaped plant habit when young and a dense broadly rounded plant habit and slightly smaller in size when mature, stipules at the base of the peduncle that are small in size, its inflorescences in which about 75% arises above the foliage and its ability to be readily propagated using stem shoot tip cuttings.

Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Baptisia, ‘Lunar Eclipse’, that is characterized by its racemes of flowers that are light cream to light yellow in color at anthesis aging to a medium to dark violet-blue color, its flowers that are radially and uniformly dispersed around the racemes, its strongly vase-shaped, open habit with stems that are upright to slightly leaning, its mid to late bloom season; flowering for three weeks from late-May to mid-June in northern Illinois, its inflorescences that are borne above the foliage, and its lack of foliage on the bottom third of the plant exposing the lower stems.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Baptisia, ‘Lavender Rose’ that is characterized by its upright, vase-shaped plant habit at anthesis that becomes a broad, uniformly rounded mound as the growing season progresses, its densely clustered green stems that do not lodge, its racemes of flowers that are medium to dark violet-blue in color at anthesis aging to a violet-purple color depending on ambient temperatures, its large flowers that are an average of 2.5 cm in width, its dense foliage that completely masks the bases of the flowering stems at maximum foliage growth, and its vigorous growth rate.