Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial |
Region |
Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ColorBlaze® Royale Pineapple Brandy™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 5b | 4 |
| Early Sunrise Lance Coreopsis Coreopsis grandiflora | Coreopsis | Best Perennials at the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2005 | 6a | 6 |
| Surefire® Red II Begonia benariensis | Begonia | Perfect Score | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 5b | 4 |
| Graceful Grasses® Baby Tut® Umbrella Grass Cyperus involucratus | Cyperus | Best Baskets | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2011 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| Double Delight® Blush Rose Begonia tuberhybrida | Begonia | Top Performer - Hanging Baskets | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2020 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| Persian Shield Strobilanthes dyerianus | Strobilanthes | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Black Heart Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| ColorBlaze® Newly Noir™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2021 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| Señorita Rosalita® Spider Flower Cleome | Cleome | Top 10 | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2009 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| Freckles Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia | Euphorbia | Best Annuals | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2011 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| Sunsatia® Coconut III Nemesia | Nemesia | Perfect Score - Container | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2023 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| Dragon Wing® Red Angelwing Begonia Begonia | Begonia | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' | Pennisetum | Best Grasses at the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2005 | 6a | 6 |
| ColorBlaze® Dipt in Wine Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Rockapulco® Purple II Double Impatiens Impatiens walleriana | Impatiens | Top 10 | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2008 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| ColorBlaze® Strawberry Drop Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Annuals of Note | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| GoldDust® Mecardonia | Mecardonia | Best Annuals | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2011 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® Indigo Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer - Container | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2020 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| ColorBlaze® Strawberry Drop Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Annuals of Note | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
