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 | 2012 | 6b | 8 |
| Graceful Grasses® Vertigo® Purple Fountain Grass Pennisetum purpureum | Pennisetum | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| Double Up™ Pink Begonia semperflorens | Begonia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2020 | 6b | 8 |
| Sweet Caroline Raven™ Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Performer | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2021 | 8a | 9 |
| Butterfly Deep Rose Pentas lanceolata | Pentas | Flame Proof | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2006 | 8a | 9 |
| Beth's Blue® Star Flower Isotoma axillaris | Isotoma | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2006 | 8a | 9 |
| ColorBlaze® Rediculous® Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Perfect Score All Season | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2018 | 6b | 8 |
| Campfire® Marshmallow™ Bidens hybrid | Bidens | Perfect Score | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2023 | 6b | 8 |
| 'Sweet Caroline Light Green' Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Flame Proof | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2003 | 8a | 9 |
| Snow Princess® Sweet Alyssum Lobularia hybrid | Lobularia | Rising Star | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2011 | 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 | Field Day Top Pick | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2006 | 8a | 9 |
| Sweet Caroline Red Hawk™ Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea hybrid | Ipomoea | Top Performer | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2021 | 8a | 9 |
| Double Up™ Red Begonia semperflorens | Begonia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2022 | 6b | 8 |
| Graceful Grasses® Curly Wurly Corkscrew Rush Juncus effusus | Juncus | Perfect Score | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2022 | 6b | 8 |
| Daredevil® Orchid Zonal Geranium Pelargonium zonale | Pelargonium | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| Sweet Caroline Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2022 | 6b | 8 |
| Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' | Pennisetum | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| Señorita Rosalita® Spider Flower Cleome hybrid | Cleome | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| Black Pearl Pepper Capsicum | Capsicum | Field Day Top Pick | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2006 | 8a | 9 |
