Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial |
Region |
Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unplugged® White Mealycup Sage Salvia farinacea | Salvia | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2024 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Artist® Blue Flossflower Ageratum hybrid | Ageratum | Bronze Medal | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2006 | 5b | 6 |
| Graceful Grasses® King Tut® Egyptian Papyrus Cyperus papyrus | Cyperus | Top 10 | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2009 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| ColorBlaze® Mini Me™ Chartreuse Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2024 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| 'Black Scallop' Bugleweed Ajuga reptans | Ajuga | Bronze Medal | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2006 | 5b | 6 |
| Whirlwind® Blue Fan Flower Scaevola aemula | Scaevola | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2023 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Artist® Blue Flossflower Ageratum hybrid | Ageratum | Bronze Medal | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2007 | 5b | 6 |
| Limon Blush™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2010 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
| GoldDust® Mecardonia hybrid | Mecardonia | Best Baskets | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2011 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| Artist® Blue Flossflower Ageratum hybrid | Ageratum | Bronze Medal | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2007 | 5b | 6 |
| Sunsatia® Lemon Nemesia hybrid | Nemesia | Best Annuals | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2011 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| Mexican Feather Grass Nassella (formerly Stipa) tenuissima | Nassella (formerly Stipa) | Best Selection | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2010 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
| Graceful Grasses® King Tut® Egyptian Papyrus Cyperus papyrus | Cyperus | Bronze Medal | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2007 | 5b | 6 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia hybrid | Euphorbia | Silver Medal | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2007 | 5b | 6 |
| Cerveza 'n Lime® Plectranthus hybrid | Plectranthus | Best Annuals | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2011 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Mahogany™ Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea hybrid | Ipomoea | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2023 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Señorita Rosalita® Spider Flower Cleome hybrid | Cleome | Best Annuals | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2011 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia hybrid | Euphorbia | Top Performer | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2010 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
| Suncredible® Yellow Sunflower Helianthus hybrid | Helianthus | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2024 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® Indigo Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2023 |
5a 5b |
7 |
