Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial |
Region |
Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margarita Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Bronze Medal | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2006 | 5b | 6 |
| Dragon Wing® Pink Angelwing Begonia Begonia | Begonia | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia | Euphorbia | Top Performer | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2005 | 5b | 6 |
| Sky Fire Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Señorita Rosalita® Spider Flower Cleome | Cleome | Best Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2009 | 5b | 5 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® White Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2023 | 5b | 5 |
| 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 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia | Euphorbia | Gold Medal | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2006 | 5b | 6 |
| ColorBlaze® Royale Cherry Brandy® Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2018 | 5b | 5 |
| ColorBlaze® Royale Pineapple Brandy™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top 10 Plant | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2020 | 6a | 6 |
| ColorBlaze® Dipt in Wine 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 |
| Rockapulco® Purple II Double Impatiens Impatiens walleriana | Impatiens | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2010 | 6a | 6 |
| Limon Blush™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 5 |
| 'Moonbeam' Threadleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis verticillata | Coreopsis | Best Perennials at the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2005 | 6a | 6 |
| Supertunia Vista® Bubblegum® II Petunia | Petunia | Gold Medal | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2006 | 5b | 6 |
| ColorBlaze® Wicked Hot® Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Perfect Score All Season | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2019 | 6a | 6 |
| Silver Mound Wormwood Artemisia schmidtiana | Artemisia | Best Perennials at the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2005 | 6a | 6 |
| Supertunia Vista® Bubblegum® II Petunia | Petunia | Silver Medal | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 5 |
