Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial |
Region |
Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia hybrid | Euphorbia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| Pink Chablis® Dead Nettle Lamium maculatum | Lamium | Top Pick | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| Mexican Feather Grass Nassella (formerly Stipa) tenuissima | Nassella (formerly Stipa) | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2007 | 8a | 9 |
| Supertunia Vista® Silverberry Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2009 | 6b | 8 |
| Sweet Caroline Bewitched After Midnight™ Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Performer | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2022 | 8a | 9 |
| Snow Princess® Sweet Alyssum Lobularia hybrid | Lobularia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| Black Pearl Pepper Capsicum | Capsicum | North Texas Winners Circle | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| Snow Princess® Sweet Alyssum Lobularia hybrid | Lobularia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| ColorBlaze® Sedona Sunset® Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2021 | 8a | 9 |
| Big Leaf Creeping Wire Vine Muehlenbeckia complexa | Muehlenbeckia | Perfect Score | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2022 | 6b | 8 |
| 'Golden Delicious' Golden Leaved Pineapple Sage Salvia elegans | Salvia | Perfect Score All Season | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2018 | 6b | 8 |
| Variegatum Sedum lineare | Sedum | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2006 | 8a | 9 |
| Artist® Blue Flossflower Ageratum hybrid | Ageratum | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2004 | 8a | 9 |
| Tangerine Slice A-Peel® Black-eyed Susan Vine Thunbergia alata | Thunbergia | Perfect Score | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2021 | 6b | 8 |
| Coffee Cups Elephant's Ear Colocasia esculenta | Colocasia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2008 | 6b | 8 |
| Supertunia® Lovie Dovie™ Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Perfect Score All Season | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2020 | 6b | 8 |
| Variegatum Sedum lineare | Sedum | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2006 | 8a | 9 |
| ColorBlaze® Royale Cherry Brandy® Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2022 | 8a | 9 |
| Illusion® Emerald Lace Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2012 | 6b | 8 |
| Señorita Rosalita® Spider Flower Cleome hybrid | Cleome | Rising Star | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2008 | 8a | 9 |
