Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial |
Region |
Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illusion® Midnight Lace Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2009 | 5b | 5 |
| Snow Princess® Sweet Alyssum Lobularia hybrid | Lobularia | Top 10 | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2009 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| Suncredible® Yellow Sunflower Helianthus hybrid | Helianthus | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2020 | 5b | 5 |
| Efanthia Wood Spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides hybrid | Euphorbia | Top Performer | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2005 | 5b | 6 |
| GoldDust® Mecardonia hybrid | Mecardonia | Top Performer | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2010 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
| Graceful Grasses® Vertigo® Purple Fountain Grass Pennisetum purpureum | Pennisetum | Best Annuals | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2011 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| Graceful Grasses® King Tut® Egyptian Papyrus Cyperus papyrus | Cyperus | Bronze Medal | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2007 | 5b | 6 |
| Blushing Princess® Sweet Alyssum Lobularia hybrid | Lobularia | Top Perfomer | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2012 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
| Angelface® Blue Summer Snapdragon Angelonia hybrid | Angelonia | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2018 | 5b | 5 |
| Dalina® Grande Castillo Dahlia hybrid | Dahlia | Top Perfomer | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2012 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
| ColorBlaze® El Brighto Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2021 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Supertunia Vista® Silverberry Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Gold Medal | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 5 |
| Limon Blush™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Best Selection | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2010 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
| Lemon Coral® Sedum mexicanum | Sedum | Top Perfomer | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2012 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
| Hippo® Rose Polka Dot Plant Hypoestes phyllostachya | Hypoestes | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2018 | 5b | 5 |
| Efanthia Wood Spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides hybrid | Euphorbia | Top Performer | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2005 | 5b | 6 |
| Graceful Grasses® Baby Tut® Umbrella Grass Cyperus involucratus | Cyperus | Bronze Medal | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2007 | 5b | 6 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia hybrid | Euphorbia | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 5 |
| 'Illustris' Elephant's Ear Colocasia esculenta | Colocasia | Silver Medal | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2006 | 5b | 6 |
| Superbells® Cherry Star Calibrachoa hybrid | Calibrachoa | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2012 | 5b | 5 |
