Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial |
Region |
Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graceful Grasses® Ogon Golden Variegated Sweet Flag Acorus gramineus | Acorus | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2006 | 8a | 9 |
| Black Pearl Pepper Capsicum | Capsicum | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| 'Flamenco Samba' Cuphea llavea | Cuphea | Flame Proof | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2006 | 8a | 9 |
| Butterfly Deep Pink Pentas lanceolata | Pentas | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| Graceful Grasses® Ogon Golden Variegated Sweet Flag Acorus gramineus | Acorus | Flame Proof | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2006 | 8a | 9 |
| Small Leaf Creeping Wire Vine Muehlenbeckia axillaris | Muehlenbeckia | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2006 | 8a | 9 |
| Snow Princess® Sweet Alyssum Lobularia | Lobularia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2009 | 6b | 8 |
| Butterfly White Pentas lanceolata | Pentas | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| Summer Wave® Trailing Large Violet Wishbone Flower Torenia | Torenia | Flame Proof | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| Artist® Blue Flossflower Ageratum | Ageratum | Rising Star | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2006 | 8a | 9 |
| Evergold Sedge Carex hachijoensis | Carex | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2006 | 8a | 9 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia | Euphorbia | North Texas Winners Circle | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2004 | 8a | 9 |
| Island Giants® Coffee Cups elephant's ear Colocasia esculenta | Colocasia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| Fishnet Stockings Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2006 | 8a | 9 |
| Daredevil® Salmon Zonal Geranium Pelargonium zonale | Pelargonium | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| Daredevil® Salmon Zonal Geranium Pelargonium zonale | Pelargonium | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| Snow Princess® Sweet Alyssum Lobularia | Lobularia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2009 | 6b | 8 |
| Butterfly Deep Pink Pentas lanceolata | Pentas | Flame Proof | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2006 | 8a | 9 |
| Supertunia Vista® Silverberry Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2008 | 6b | 8 |
| Island Giants® Coffee Cups elephant's ear Colocasia esculenta | Colocasia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2008 | 6b | 8 |
