Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus |
Award |
Trial | Region | Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart to Heart® 'Bold 'N Beautiful' Sun and Shade Caladium Caladium hortulanum | Caladium | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2021 | 6a | 6 |
| ColorBlaze® Torchlight® Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Surefire® Cherry Cordial™ Begonia x hybrida | Begonia | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Surefire® Rose Begonia benariensis | Begonia | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Sweet Caroline Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Heart to Heart® 'White Wonder' Sun or Shade Caladium Caladium hortulanum | Caladium | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Heart to Heart® 'Bottle Rocket' Sun or Shade Caladium Caladium hortulanum | Caladium | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Heart to Heart® 'Hot Flash' Sun or Shade Caladium Caladium hortulanum | Caladium | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Superbells® Yellow Calibrachoa hybrid | Calibrachoa | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Rockin'® Blue Suede Shoes™ Salvia hybrid | Salvia | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Luscious® Basket Tangeglow® Lantana camara | Lantana | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Luscious® Royale Lemon Tart™ Lantana camara | Lantana | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Luscious® Royale Red Zone™ Lantana camara | Lantana | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Suncredible® Yellow Sunflower Helianthus hybrid | Helianthus | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Unplugged® Pink Salvia hybrid | Salvia | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 6a | 6 |
| Supertunia® Blue Tiara™ petunia Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 6a | 6 |
| Angelface® White Summer Snapdragon Angelonia hybrid | Angelonia | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 6a | 6 |
| Toucan® Scarlet Canna Lily Canna generalis | Canna | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 6a | 6 |
| Heart to Heart® 'Lemon Blush' Shade Caladium Caladium hortulanum | Caladium | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 6a | 6 |
| Unplugged® So Blue™ Mealycup Sage Salvia farinacea | Salvia | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 6a | 6 |
