Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial |
Region |
Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limon Blush™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2008 | 6b | 8 |
| Sweet Caroline Upside™ Key Lime Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Performer - In Ground - Part Shade | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2024 | 8a | 9 |
| Fishnet Stockings Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2006 | 8a | 9 |
| Sweet Caroline Bewitched Green With Envy™ Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Flame Proof & Top Performer | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2025 | 8a | 9 |
| Sunstar® Red Egyptian Star Flower Pentas lanceolata | Pentas | Flameproof | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2022 | 8a | 9 |
| ColorBlaze® Newly Noir™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Perfect Score | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2021 | 6b | 8 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia hybrid | Euphorbia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| ColorBlaze® Mini Me™ Watermelon Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Perfect Score | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2024 | 6b | 8 |
| Señorita Rosalita® Spider Flower Cleome hybrid | Cleome | Rising Star | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2008 | 8a | 9 |
| Snow Princess® Sweet Alyssum Lobularia hybrid | Lobularia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® Yellow Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Perfect Score | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2024 | 6b | 8 |
| Limon Blush™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2008 | 6b | 8 |
| Butterfly White Pentas lanceolata | Pentas | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| ColorBlaze® Velveteen® Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2021 | 8a | 9 |
| Mexican Feather Grass Nassella (formerly Stipa) tenuissima | Nassella (formerly Stipa) | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2007 | 8a | 9 |
| Double Up™ Pink Begonia semperflorens | Begonia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2020 | 6b | 8 |
| Campfire® Red Ember Bidens ferulifolia | Bidens | Perfect Score | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2025 | 6b | 8 |
| ColorBlaze® Dipt in Wine Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2006 | 8a | 9 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia hybrid | Euphorbia | Flame Proof | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2004 | 8a | 9 |
| Mexican Feather Grass Nassella (formerly Stipa) tenuissima | Nassella (formerly Stipa) | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2007 | 8a | 9 |
