Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial |
Region |
Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tangerine Slice A-Peel® Black-eyed Susan Vine Thunbergia alata | Thunbergia | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2022 | 5b | 5 |
| Angelface® White Summer Snapdragon Angelonia hybrid | Angelonia | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2024 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Graceful Grasses® Baby Tut® Umbrella Grass Cyperus involucratus | Cyperus | Top Performer | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2010 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
| ColorBlaze® Royale Cherry Brandy® Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2020 | 5b | 5 |
| Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Mahogany™ Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea hybrid | Ipomoea | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2023 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Mojave® Yellow Purslane Portulaca umbraticola | Portulaca | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2023 | 5b | 5 |
| Graceful Grasses® Baby Tut® Umbrella Grass Cyperus involucratus | Cyperus | Best Selection | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2010 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
| Artist® Blue Flossflower Ageratum hybrid | Ageratum | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2022 | 5b | 5 |
| 'Sweet Caroline Light Green' Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2020 | 5b | 5 |
| Superbells® Blue Calibrachoa hybrid | Calibrachoa | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2023 | 5b | 5 |
| Whirlwind® Pink Fan Flower Scaevola aemula | Scaevola | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2024 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Limon Blush™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Best Selection | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2010 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
| ColorBlaze® Newly Noir™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer - Shade | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2021 | 5b | 5 |
| ColorBlaze® Wicked Witch™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2025 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Mojave® Tangerine II Purslane Portulaca oleracea | Portulaca | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2024 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Safari® Dawn South African Phlox Jamesbrittenia hybrid | Jamesbrittenia | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2025 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® Violet Star Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2023 | 5b | 5 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® Indigo Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2023 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| ColorBlaze® El Brighto Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2021 | 5b | 5 |
| Supertunia Vista® Jazzberry® Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2021 | 5b | 5 |
