Thanks for all the responses. I thought I would contact the estates to see if they knew - I was forwarded to the landscaper and they confirmed it is a Bromeliad vriesea 'Seeger' - which is named after the singer Pete Seeger!

These flowers are tiny. I have no clue what plants 3 and 4 are. We are letting 2-4 grow in the community garden bed for now; I'd hate to get rid of it only to find that it's something useful. I told my mom I knew 2 wasn't a weed but I wasn't sure about the others. Then I told her I'd ask my gardening friends online and they would probably know!

You need a cutting or better yet, a division of it so you have roots ready to go. I got a division from my parents 30+ years ago (my grandmother's funeral) and I still have it today in a very small pot so it is constrained to grow and do as well as it can. Here is what mine came from. What mine looked like five years ago (I don't take many pictures of it after a few years). In tropical areas and planted in the ground, they become very large. Or even in a greenhouse in the ground. This next one is at a florist shop in metro Atlanta. They seem to be a landscaping plant in Florida, southern Texas, etc.

Oenothera sp. - Evening primrose?