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 |
| Illusion® Midnight Lace Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| Sweet Caroline Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2022 | 6b | 8 |
| Summer Wave® Trailing Large Amethyst Wishbone Flower Torenia hybrid | Torenia | Top Pick | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| Supertunia Vista® Bubblegum® Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Perect Score All Season | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2018 | 6b | 8 |
| Double Up™ Red Begonia semperflorens | Begonia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2022 | 6b | 8 |
| Illusion® Midnight Lace Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2009 | 6b | 8 |
| White Knight® Sweet Alyssum Lobularia hybrid | Lobularia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2021 | 6b | 8 |
| Luscious® Royale Cosmo Lantana camara | Lantana | Perfect Score All Season | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2020 | 6b | 8 |
| Graceful Grasses® Curly Wurly Corkscrew Rush Juncus effusus | Juncus | Perfect Score | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2022 | 6b | 8 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia hybrid | Euphorbia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| Mexican Feather Grass Nassella (formerly Stipa) tenuissima | Nassella (formerly Stipa) | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2007 | 8a | 9 |
| Angelface® Cascade Blue Summer Snapdragon Angelonia hybrid | Angelonia | Perfect Score All Season | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2018 | 6b | 8 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® Indigo Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Perfect Score all Season | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2019 | 6b | 8 |
| Zinfandel™ Oxalis vulcanicola | Oxalis | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| Graceful Grasses® Baby Tut® Umbrella Grass Cyperus involucratus | Cyperus | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2009 | 6b | 8 |
| Truffula™ Pink Globe Amaranth Gomphrena pulchella | Gomphrena | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2020 | 6b | 8 |
| ColorBlaze® Strawberry Drop Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Perfect Score All Season | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2018 | 6b | 8 |
| Daredevil® Rosita Zonal Geranium Pelargonium zonale | Pelargonium | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2009 | 6b | 8 |
| Daredevil® Orchid Zonal Geranium Pelargonium zonale | Pelargonium | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
