Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial |
Region |
Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Snow® Euphorbia | Euphorbia | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2023 | 6a | 6 |
| Superbells® Miss Lilac Calibrachoa | Calibrachoa | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2011 | 5b | 5 |
| Graceful Grasses® Vertigo® Purple Fountain Grass Pennisetum purpureum | Pennisetum | Zoo's Best Annuals | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2011 | 6a | 6 |
| Superbells® Yellow Chiffon™ Calibrachoa | Calibrachoa | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2012 | 5b | 5 |
| ColorBlaze® Wicked Hot® Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Perfect Score All Season | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2019 | 6a | 6 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia | Euphorbia | Best of the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2007 | 6a | 6 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® White Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2023 | 5b | 5 |
| Luscious® Royale Red Zone™ Lantana camara | Lantana | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| ColorBlaze® Royale Pineapple Brandy™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top 10 Plant | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2020 | 6a | 6 |
| Señorita Rosalita® Spider Flower Cleome | Cleome | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2012 | 5b | 5 |
| Island Giants® Heart of the Jungle® elephant's ear Colocasia esculenta | Colocasia | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2009 | 5b | 5 |
| Evergold Sedge Carex hachijoensis | Carex | Best Grasses at the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2005 | 6a | 6 |
| Rockapulco® Rose Double Impatiens Impatiens walleriana | Impatiens | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2010 | 6a | 6 |
| Freckles Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Best of the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2007 | 6a | 6 |
| Graceful Grasses® Baby Tut® Umbrella Grass Cyperus involucratus | Cyperus | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2011 | 5b | 5 |
| Sweet Caroline Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Sky Fire Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Best of the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2007 | 6a | 6 |
| Superbells® Pink II Calibrachoa | Calibrachoa | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2023 | 5b | 5 |
| Limon Blush™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 5 |
| Supertunia Vista® Silverberry Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2011 | 5b | 5 |
