Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award |
Trial |
Region | Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mystic Illusion Dahlia | Dahlia | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2010 | 6a | 6 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia | Euphorbia | Best of the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2007 | 6a | 6 |
| Autumn Joy Sedum, Stonecrop Hylotelephium spectabile | Hylotelephium | Best Annuals at the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2005 | 6a | 6 |
| Silver Mound Wormwood Artemisia schmidtiana | Artemisia | Best Perennials at the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2005 | 6a | 6 |
| Double Up™ Red Begonia semperflorens | Begonia | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2020 | 6a | 6 |
| Graceful Grasses® Baby Tut® Umbrella Grass Cyperus involucratus | Cyperus | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2010 | 6a | 6 |
| Supertunia Vista® Bubblegum® II Petunia | Petunia | Best of the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2007 | 6a | 6 |
| Freckles Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Best of the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2007 | 6a | 6 |
| Evergold Sedge Carex hachijoensis | Carex | Best Grasses at the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2005 | 6a | 6 |
| Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass Calamagrostis acutiflora | Calamagrostis | Best Grasses at the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2005 | 6a | 6 |
| Graceful Grasses® Fiber Optic Grass Isolepis (Scirpus) cernua | Isolepis (Scirpus) | Best Grasses at the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2005 | 6a | 6 |
| Luscious® Royale Red Zone™ Lantana camara | Lantana | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Mystic Illusion Dahlia | Dahlia | Top Performers | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2011 | 6a | 6 |
| Gays Delight Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Best of the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2007 | 6a | 6 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia | Euphorbia | Best of the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2007 | 6a | 6 |
| Supertunia Vista® Bubblegum® II Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2010 | 6a | 6 |
| Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass Calamagrostis acutiflora | Calamagrostis | Best Grasses at the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2005 | 6a | 6 |
| Morning Light Ornamental Grass Miscanthus sinensis | Miscanthus | Best Grasses at the Zoo | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2005 | 6a | 6 |
| Heart to Heart® Fast Flash™ Sun or Shade Caladium Caladium hortulanum | Caladium | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2020 | 6a | 6 |
| Bluebird II Nemesia fruticans | Nemesia | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 6a | 6 |
