Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial | Region |
Year |
Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artist® Blue Flossflower Ageratum hybrid | Ageratum | Annuals of Note | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| ColorBlaze® Chocolate Drop Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Annuals of Note | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| ColorBlaze® Strawberry Drop Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Annuals of Note | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Texas Parking Lot Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Annuals of Note | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| ColorBlaze® Strawberry Drop Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Annuals of Note | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| ColorBlaze® Strawberry Drop Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Annuals of Note | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Texas Parking Lot Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Annuals of Note | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Dragon Wing® Pink Angelwing Begonia Begonia hybrid | Begonia | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Freckles Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Persian Shield Strobilanthes dyerianus | Strobilanthes | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Black Heart Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Margarita Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Tricolor Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' | Pennisetum | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| ColorBlaze® Dipt in Wine Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Sky Fire Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Gays Delight Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2005 | 5b | 6 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia hybrid | Euphorbia | Top Performer | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2005 | 5b | 6 |
| ColorBlaze® Dipt in Wine Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2005 | 5b | 6 |
| Icicles Licorice Plant Helichrysum thianschanicum | Helichrysum | Top Performer | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2005 | 5b | 6 |
