Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial |
Region |
Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Wing® Pink Angelwing Begonia Begonia | Begonia | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| ColorBlaze® Newly Noir™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2021 | 5b | 5 |
| Sky Fire Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Bluebird II Nemesia fruticans | Nemesia | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 6a | 6 |
| Superbells® Miss Lilac Calibrachoa | Calibrachoa | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2011 | 5b | 5 |
| Luscious® Marmalade Lantana camara | Lantana | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2021 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass Calamagrostis acutiflora | Calamagrostis | Best Grasses at the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2005 | 6a | 6 |
| Texas Parking Lot Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Annuals of Note | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Señorita Rosalita® Spider Flower Cleome | Cleome | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2009 | 5b | 5 |
| Gays Delight Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Best of the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2007 | 6a | 6 |
| Texas Parking Lot Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Annuals of Note | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Supertunia® Lovie Dovie™ Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2020 | 5b | 5 |
| Persian Shield Strobilanthes dyerianus | Strobilanthes | Best of the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2007 | 6a | 6 |
| 'Moonbeam' Threadleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis verticillata | Coreopsis | Best Perennials at the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2005 | 6a | 6 |
| Supertunia® Hoopla® Vivid Orchid™ Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2023 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Graceful Grasses® Vertigo® Purple Fountain Grass Pennisetum purpureum | Pennisetum | Hall of Fame | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2012 | 6a | 6 |
| Sweet Caroline Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Black Pearl Pepper Capsicum | Capsicum | Best Annuals at the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2006 | 6a | 6 |
| Silver Mound Wormwood Artemisia schmidtiana | Artemisia | Best Perennials at the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2005 | 6a | 6 |
| Unplugged® Pink Salvia | Salvia | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 6a | 6 |
