A new cultivar of Amsonia plant named ‘Verdant Venture’ that is characterized by its flower clusters that are held above the foliage and are not partially masked by the foliage, its petals that are short and broad in size, its lower growing plant habit, its narrow foliage and stems, its leaf margins that are strongly rolled inward, its stems that are finely pubescent.

A new and distinct cultivar of Catharanthus plant named ‘Sunfs 82311’, characterized by its compact, semi-upright and uniformly mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; relatively small star-shaped purple-colored flowers with darker purple-colored centers; and good garden performance.

A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘Sunpa 4411’, characterized by its compact plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; and vivid purplish red-colored flowers with vivid yellow-colored throats.

A new and distinct Mandevilla plant named ESDEFL1 which is characterized by a compact growth habit, dark green and glossy foliage, medium-sized dark red flowers with a darker red throat and yellow-orange floral tube, as well as the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation.

A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named MAN220901, characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading and vining plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; relatively small glossy green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; and pink-colored flowers with yellow-colored throats.

A production method can produce alkaloids at higher efficiencies than conventional methods includes expressing, in a Catharanthus plant of the family Apocynaceae and using gene manipulation, a protein that particulates in tryptophan biosynthesis and a protein that participates in secologanin biosynthesis.

A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named Lanconnecticut, characterized by its broadly upright to trailing plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; glossy dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; and bright yellow-colored flowers with yellow orange-colored throats.

A new and distinct Trachelospermum hybrid named TRARED is disclosed, characterized by distinctive red Fall and Winter foliage, and a dense plant form. Plants flower abundantly and produce elliptic, glossy foliage. The new cultivar is a Trachelospermum typically suited for ornamental container and landscape use.

A new and distinct Trachelospermum hybrid named TRARED is disclosed, characterized by distinctive red Fall and Winter foliage, and a dense plant form. Plants flower abundantly and produce elliptic, glossy foliage. The new cultivar is a Trachelospermum typically suited for ornamental container and landscape use.

A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named QD2, characterized by its compact, broadly upright to vining plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and relatively large white-colored flowers with greyed orange-colored throats.