Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award |
Trial |
Region | Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta® Lavender Heliotrope Heliotropium | Heliotropium | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| Blue My Mind® Dwarf Morning Glory Evolvulus | Evolvulus | Very Good | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2012 | 5b | 4 |
| Señorita Rosalita® Spider Flower Cleome | Cleome | Outstanding Rating | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 4 |
| Mystic Illusion Dahlia | Dahlia | Outstanding Rating | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 4 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® Yellow Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 5b | 4 |
| Señorita Rosalita® Spider Flower Cleome | Cleome | Outstanding Rating | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 4 |
| Mystic Illusion Dahlia | Dahlia | Outstanding Rating | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 4 |
| Supertunia Vista® Jazzberry® Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 5b | 4 |
| Unplugged® White Mealycup Sage Salvia farinacea | Salvia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| Superlophus® Sunglow Texas primrose Oenothera | Oenothera | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2021 | 5b | 4 |
| Limon Blush™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Excellent Rating | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 4 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia | Euphorbia | Excellent Rating | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 4 |
| ColorBlaze® Wicked Witch™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 5b | 4 |
| Unplugged® Pink Salvia | Salvia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2023 | 5b | 4 |
| Meteor Shower® Verbena bonariensis | Verbena | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2021 | 5b | 4 |
| Truffula™ Pink Globe Amaranth Gomphrena pulchella | Gomphrena | Best Heat-Tolerant Annual | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2018 | 5b | 4 |
| Supertunia® Pink Tiara™ petunia Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| Supertunia Vista® Bubblegum® II Petunia | Petunia | Excellent Rating | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 4 |
| Bluebird II Nemesia fruticans | Nemesia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| 'Purple Queen' Purple Spiderwort Tradescantia pallida | Tradescantia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2022 | 5b | 4 |
