Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial | Region |
Year |
Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Shadowstorm® ornamental sweet potato vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Performer | University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale | Southeast | 2025 | 10a | 11 |
| Surefire® Red II Begonia benariensis | Begonia | Top Performer - Garden Plantings | University of Minnesota - Morris | Midwest | 2025 | 4 | |
| Surefire® Rose Begonia benariensis | Begonia | Leader of the Pack - Beds | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 3 |
| Supertunia Vista® Jazzberry® Petunia | Petunia | Perfect Score | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2025 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Surefire® Rose Begonia benariensis | Begonia | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2025 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Luscious® Royale Red Zone™ Lantana camara | Lantana | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2025 | 6b | 8 |
| Señorita Rosalita® Spider Flower Cleome | Cleome | Leader of the Pack - Beds | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 3 |
| Plum Dandy™ Alternanthera | Alternanthera | Favorites | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 6a | 6 |
| Surefire Cascade® Red Begonia | Begonia | Top Performer | Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 9 |
| Surefire® Red II Begonia benariensis | Begonia | Leader of the Pack - Beds | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 3 |
| Safari® Dawn South African Phlox Jamesbrittenia | Jamesbrittenia | Top Performer - Hanging Baskets | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2025 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| Maestro® Gold hummingbird mint Agastache | Agastache | Top Performer | Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 9 |
| Southern Blaze® Bright Pink Phlox drummondii | Phlox | Perfect Score | University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale | Southeast | 2025 | 10a | 11 |
| Superlophus® Sunglow Texas primrose Oenothera | Oenothera | Top Performer | Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 9 |
| ColorBlaze® Royale Pineapple Brandy™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Perfect Score | University of Tennessee - Knoxville | Southeast | 2025 | 6b | 7 |
| Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Shadowstorm® ornamental sweet potato vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Leader of the Pack - Late Season | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 3 |
| Señorita Rosalita® Spider Flower Cleome | Cleome | Top Performer | University of Tennessee - Knoxville | Southeast | 2025 | 6b | 7 |
| Whirlwind® White III fan flower Scaevola aemula | Scaevola | Top Performer | Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 9 |
| Angelface® White III Summer Snapdragon Angelonia | Angelonia | Favorites | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 6a | 6 |
| Surefire Cascade® Red Begonia | Begonia | Leader of the Pack - Beds | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 3 |
