Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial |
Region |
Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unplugged® Red scarlet sage Salvia coccinea | Salvia | Perfect Score | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2024 | 6b | 8 |
| White Knight® II sweet alyssum Lobularia | Lobularia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2025 | 6b | 8 |
| Truffula™ Pink Globe Amaranth Gomphrena pulchella | Gomphrena | FlameProof Plants | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2020 | 8a | 9 |
| Surefire® Red II Begonia benariensis | Begonia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2022 | 6b | 8 |
| ColorBlaze® Chocolate Drop Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Perfect Score | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2023 | 6b | 8 |
| Catalina® Gilded Grape™ Wishbone Flower Torenia | Torenia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2009 | 6b | 8 |
| ColorBlaze® Chocolate Drop Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2023 | 6b | 8 |
| Luscious® Citrus Blend™ II Lantana camara | Lantana | Best Overall Performance: Annual | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2018 | 8a | 9 |
| Big Leaf Creeping Wire Vine Muehlenbeckia complexa | Muehlenbeckia | Perfect Score | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2022 | 6b | 8 |
| ColorBlaze® Royale Pineapple Brandy™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer - In Ground - Sun | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2024 | 8a | 9 |
| Truffula™ Pink Globe Amaranth Gomphrena pulchella | Gomphrena | Perfect Score | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2022 | 8a | 9 |
| Luscious® Grape Lantana montevidensis | Lantana | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2008 | 6b | 8 |
| ColorBlaze® Mini Me™ Watermelon Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Flame Proof | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2025 | 8a | 9 |
| Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' | Pennisetum | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2009 | 6b | 8 |
| Graceful Grasses® King Tut® Egyptian Papyrus Cyperus papyrus | Cyperus | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| Sweet Caroline Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Performer | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2021 | 8a | 9 |
| Beth's Blue® Star Flower Isotoma axillaris | Isotoma | Best of Newer Varieties | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2009 | 8a | 9 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia | Euphorbia | Rising Star | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2007 | 8a | 9 |
| Snow Princess® Sweet Alyssum Lobularia | Lobularia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| 'Prima Angelina' Stonecrop Sedum rupestre | Sedum | North Texas Winners Circle | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2004 | 8a | 9 |
