Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award |
Trial |
Region | Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virtuoso® Vibrant Violet™ Dahlia variabilis | Dahlia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| Blue My Mind® Dwarf Morning Glory Evolvulus | Evolvulus | Very Good | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2012 | 5b | 4 |
| Señorita Rosalita® Spider Flower Cleome | Cleome | Outstanding Rating | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 4 |
| Mystic Illusion Dahlia | Dahlia | Outstanding Rating | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 4 |
| Supertunia Vista® Jazzberry® Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 5b | 4 |
| Señorita Rosalita® Spider Flower Cleome | Cleome | Outstanding Rating | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 4 |
| Mystic Illusion Dahlia | Dahlia | Outstanding Rating | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 4 |
| Luscious® Royale Red Zone™ Lantana camara | Lantana | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 5b | 4 |
| Unplugged® Pink Salvia | Salvia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2023 | 5b | 4 |
| Island Giants® Heart of the Jungle® elephant's ear Colocasia esculenta | Colocasia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2020 | 5b | 4 |
| Limon Blush™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Excellent Rating | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 4 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia | Euphorbia | Excellent Rating | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 4 |
| ColorBlaze® Royale Pineapple Brandy™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 5b | 4 |
| Rockin'® Blue Suede Shoes™ Salvia | Salvia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2023 | 5b | 4 |
| ColorBlaze® Newly Noir™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2021 | 5b | 4 |
| Rockin'® Fuchsia Salvia | Salvia | Best Polliinator-Friendly Annual | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2018 | 5b | 4 |
| Bluebird II Nemesia fruticans | Nemesia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| Supertunia Vista® Bubblegum® II Petunia | Petunia | Excellent Rating | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 4 |
| Suncredible® Saturn™ Sunflower Helianthus | Helianthus | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| Mojave® Yellow II Purslane Portulaca umbraticola | Portulaca | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 5b | 4 |
