Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial |
Region |
Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meteor Shower® Verbena bonariensis | Verbena | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2021 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Margarita Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Bronze Medal | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2006 | 5b | 6 |
| Luscious® Berry Blend™ Lantana camara | Lantana | Top Perfomer | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2012 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
| ColorBlaze® Dipt in Wine Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2005 | 5b | 6 |
| Campfire® Red Ember Bidens ferulifolia | Bidens | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2025 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Supertunia Vista® Silverberry Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2010 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® White Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2023 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Laguna® Dark Blue Lobelia erinus | Lobelia | Top Performer | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2010 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia | Euphorbia | Top Performer | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2010 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
| Graceful Grasses® Blue Mohawk® Soft Rush Juncus inflexus | Juncus | Top Performer | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2011 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
| Whirlwind® White III fan flower Scaevola aemula | Scaevola | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2024 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Twist and Twirl® Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Bronze Medal | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2007 | 5b | 6 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia | Euphorbia | Top Performer | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2005 | 5b | 6 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® Plum Veined Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2024 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia | Euphorbia | Gold Medal | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2006 | 5b | 6 |
| Supertunia Vista® Jazzberry® Petunia | Petunia | Perfect Score | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2025 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Supertunia® Pink Tiara™ petunia Petunia | Petunia | Perfect Score | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2024 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Supertunia Vista® Bubblegum® II Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2011 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
| Surefire® Rose Begonia benariensis | Begonia | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2025 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Graceful Grasses® Vertigo® Purple Fountain Grass Pennisetum purpureum | Pennisetum | Top Performer | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2010 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
