Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus |
Award |
Trial | Region | Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graceful Grasses® Vertigo® Purple Fountain Grass Pennisetum purpureum | Pennisetum | Zoo's Best Annuals | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2011 | 6a | 6 |
| Catalina® Gilded Grape™ Wishbone Flower Torenia hybrid | Torenia | Zoo's Best Annuals | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2011 | 6a | 6 |
| Graceful Grasses® Vertigo® Purple Fountain Grass Pennisetum purpureum | Pennisetum | Zoo's Best Annuals | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2011 | 6a | 6 |
| Catalina® Gilded Grape™ Wishbone Flower Torenia hybrid | Torenia | Zoo's Best Annuals | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2011 | 6a | 6 |
| Blue My Mind® Dwarf Morning Glory Evolvulus hybrid | Evolvulus | Zoo's Best Annuals | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2012 | 6a | 6 |
| Diamond Mountain® Euphorbia hybrid | Euphorbia | Zoo's Best | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2018 | 6a | 6 |
| Señorita Rosalita® Spider Flower Cleome hybrid | Cleome | Very Good | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2012 | 5b | 4 |
| Luscious® Royale Piña Colada Lantana camara | Lantana | Very Good | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2012 | 5b | 4 |
| Blue My Mind® Dwarf Morning Glory Evolvulus hybrid | Evolvulus | Very Good | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2012 | 5b | 4 |
| Supertunia Vista® Silverberry Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Very Good | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2012 | 5b | 4 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia hybrid | Euphorbia | Very Good | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2012 | 5b | 4 |
| Black Heart Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Dragon Wing® Pink Angelwing Begonia Begonia hybrid | Begonia | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Sky Fire Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| ColorBlaze® Dipt in Wine Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' | Pennisetum | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Tricolor Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Dragon Wing® Pink Angelwing Begonia Begonia hybrid | Begonia | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Sky Fire Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Dragon Wing® Red Angelwing Begonia Begonia hybrid | Begonia | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
