Abstract: Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘Tie Dye’ is a new and distinct cultivar of winter-hardy herbaceous Rose Mallow with an upright, strong well-branched stems producing many flat-faced flowers with deeply-ruffled, dark pink perimeter ring becoming white toward center and a lustrous cherry-red eye in a bull's eye pattern. The foliage is mostly tri-lobed, medium to dark green with limited purple tinting.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of hardy herbaceous Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘My Valentine’ is winter-hardy with naturally short, mounded habit with dense heavy branching. The foliage is fine textured tri-lobed and of dark green with purple tinting and veining. The flowers are large and numerous with red-velvet overlapping, slightly-recurved petals over a long blooming period.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of winter-hardy herbaceous Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘Midnight Marvel’ comprising a naturally-short, compact, heavy-branching habit. The foliage has strong dark purple overtones, and the plant flowers with a multitude of deep scarlet-red flowers with a darker red eye over at least 12 weeks during the summer until frost.

Abstract: Sum and carry signals are formed representing a product of a first and a second operand. A bias signal is formed having a value determined by a sign of a product of the first and the second operand. An output signal is provided based on an addition of the sum signal, the carry signal, a sign-extended addend, and the bias signal. A portion of the output signal, a saturated minimum value, or a saturated maximum value, is selected as a final result based on the sign of the product and a sign of the output signal.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for implementing the advanced encryption standard. The apparatus comprises a first multiplexer receiving during a first cycle a data word, a substitution transformation of the data word and inverse substitution transformation of the data word to provide a first output. During the next cycle, a second multiplexer receives the first output, a mixed column transformation of the first output and an inverse mixed column transformation of the first output to provide a second output. Also in the next cycle, the second output is added to a round key to provide one round of an encoded or decoded digital word compliant with the advanced encryption standard with cycle-by-cycle throughput. The method comprises shifting a received data word and processing the shifted data word using a substitution transformation (encoding) or an inverse substitution transformation (decoding) during a first cycle in an advanced encryption standard unit of a processor.

Abstract: Sum and carry signals are formed representing a product of a first and a second operand. A bias signal is formed having a value determined by a sign of a product of the first and the second operand. An output signal is provided based on an addition of the sum signal, the carry signal, a sign-extended addend, and the bias signal. A portion of the output signal, a saturated minimum value, or a saturated maximum value, is selected as a final result based on the sign of the product and a sign of the output signal.

Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of Coneflower, Echinacea plant named ‘All that Jazz’, with fragrant flowers on strong stems having quilled ray petals of pinkish lavender and orange cones over at least 10 weeks from mid-summer into fall and vigorous growth habit.

Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of perennial Carnation or Pinks, Dianthus plant named ‘Apple Slice’ with long-blooming, fragrant, highly double flowers and petals with a central rose pink zone surrounded on the outside and usually bisected down the middle with a magenta border. Dianthus ‘Apple Slice’ is tolerant of high temperatures and resists center dying out.

Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental cultivar of ornamental Bee Balm named Monarda didyma ‘Pardon My Purple’ has short, compact, branching stems, numerous dark fuchsia flowers and resistance to powdery mildew.

Abstract: The new and distinct plant cultivar of hardy Hibiscus named ‘Party Favor’ comprising a multitude of flowers with ruffled and heavily overlapped cotton-candy pink petals and deep magenta eye, three to five-lobed maple-like foliage with purple tinting and heavily branched stems heavily with purple tinting producing a numerous flowers over at least 12 weeks during the summer and early fall until frost.

Abstract: The new and distinct plant cultivar of hardy Hibiscus named ‘Sultry Kiss’ comprising heavily branched purple tinted stems containing three-lobed maple-like foliage with burgundy tinting, and flowers with heavily overlapped magenta red petals and crimson red eye, over at least 12 weeks during the summer and early fall until frost.

Abstract: The new Shasta Daisy plant, Leucanthemum ‘Banana Cream’, is a sturdy plant with dark green serrated foliage, strong heavily-branched stems, and flowering with large terminal heads and numerous axillary heads having ray petals starting off light lemon yellow and brightening to near white. The new plant is useful for long-flowering attractive landscaping in borders, in mass, as accent plants, containerized for patio or indoor use, or as a cut flower.

Abstract: The new and distinct plant cultivar of perennial Carnation or Pinks, Dianthus plant named ‘Very Cherry’ with long-blooming, fragrant, single flowers, having petals that begin black-red with irregular bright red streaks that mature to bright red with burgundy center having a streaked outer margin. Dianthus ‘Very Cherry’ is tolerant of high temperatures and resists center die-out.

Abstract: A new and unique cultivar of perennial plant Carnation or Pinks, Dianthus plant named ‘Fire and Ice’ with long-blooming, fragrant, single flowers, with overlapping petals of deep raspberry with irregular fine flecks of pink and up to two larger pink spots. The petals have a margin of light pink becoming nearly white. Dianthus ‘Fire and Ice’ is tolerant of high temperatures and resists center die-out.

Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Spiked Speedwell plant Veronica ‘Sweet Lullaby’ with erect compact spikes of numerous light pink flowers above low mats of foliage and suitable as a potted plant, the garden, attracting hummingbirds, and for cut flower arrangements.

Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Spiked Speedwell Veronica spicata ‘Hocus Pocus’ with compact habit with stiff upright to slightly-curved branched spikes producing vivid violet-purple flowers over a long period and suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower arrangements.

Abstract: Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘Tie Dye’ is a new and distinct cultivar of winter-hardy herbaceous Rose Mallow with an upright, strong well-branched stems producing many flat-faced flowers with deeply-ruffled, dark pink perimeter ring becoming white toward center and a lustrous cherry-red eye in a bull's eye pattern. The foliage is mostly tri-lobed, medium to dark green with limited purple tinting.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of winter-hardy herbaceous Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘Midnight Marvel’ comprising a naturally-short, compact, heavy-branching habit. The foliage has strong dark purple overtones, and the plant flowers with a multitude of deep scarlet-red flowers with a darker red eye over at least 12 weeks during the summer until frost.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of hardy herbaceous Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘My Valentine’ is winter-hardy with naturally short, mounded habit with dense heavy branching. The foliage is fine textured tri-lobed and of dark green with purple tinting and veining. The flowers are large and numerous with red-velvet overlapping, slightly-recurved petals over a long blooming period.