Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial | Region |
Year |
Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Knight® II sweet alyssum Lobularia | Lobularia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2025 | 6b | 8 |
| Sweet Caroline Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Leader of the Pack - Early Season | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 3 |
| ColorBlaze® El Brighto Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 9 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® Pink Cloud® Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | University of Tennessee - Knoxville | Southeast | 2025 | 6b | 7 |
| White Knight® II sweet alyssum Lobularia | Lobularia | Best of Breed | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 3 |
| ColorBlaze® Cherry Drop Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Flame Proof | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2025 | 8a | 9 |
| Vermillionaire® Large Firecracker Plant Cuphea | Cuphea | Top Performer | Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 9 |
| Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Shadowstorm® ornamental sweet potato vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Leader of the Pack - Early Season | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 3 |
| Surefire® Red II Begonia benariensis | Begonia | Top Performer | Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 9 |
| Truffula™ Pink Globe Amaranth Gomphrena pulchella | Gomphrena | Flame Proof | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2025 | 8a | 9 |
| Sweet Caroline Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Leader of the Pack - Beds | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 3 |
| ColorBlaze® Wicked Witch™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Leader of the Pack - Beds | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 3 |
| Tricolor Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Flame Proof & Top Performer | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2025 | 8a | 9 |
| Supertunia Vista® Cool Jazz® Petunia | Petunia | Leader of the Pack - Beds | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 3 |
| Luscious® Basket Tangeglow® Lantana camara | Lantana | Leader of the Pack - Early Season | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 3 |
| Campfire® Red Ember Bidens ferulifolia | Bidens | Leader of the Pack - Beds | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 3 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® Yellow Petunia | Petunia | Perfect Score | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2025 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Jet Black™ Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Flame Proof | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2025 | 8a | 9 |
| Space Age® Black Hole™ Rex begonia Begonia rex | Begonia | Favorites | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 6a | 6 |
| Luscious® Basket Tangeglow® Lantana camara | Lantana | Top Performer | Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 9 |
