Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award |
Trial |
Region | Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockin'® Blue Suede Shoes™ Salvia | Salvia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2023 | 5b | 4 |
| Unplugged® Pink Salvia | Salvia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2023 | 5b | 4 |
| Unplugged® White Mealycup Sage Salvia farinacea | Salvia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® Yellow Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| Unplugged® So Blue™ Mealycup Sage Salvia farinacea | Salvia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| Safari® Dawn South African Phlox Jamesbrittenia | Jamesbrittenia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 5b | 4 |
| Suncredible® Saturn™ Sunflower Helianthus | Helianthus | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| Bluebird II Nemesia fruticans | Nemesia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| Supertunia® Pink Tiara™ petunia Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® Plum Veined Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| Supertunia® Bermuda Beach® III Petunia | Petunia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| White Knight® II sweet alyssum Lobularia | Lobularia | Perfect Score | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 5b | 4 |
| Campfire® Marshmallow™ Bidens | Bidens | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 5b | 4 |
| Virtuoso® Vibrant Violet™ Dahlia variabilis | Dahlia | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| Augusta® Lavender Heliotrope Heliotropium | Heliotropium | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| ColorBlaze® Mini Me™ Chartreuse Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer - shade | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| Space Age® Black Hole™ Rex begonia Begonia rex | Begonia | Top Performer - shade | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| Space Age® Europa™ Rex begonia Begonia rex | Begonia | Top Performer - shade | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2024 | 5b | 4 |
| Surefire® Red II Begonia benariensis | Begonia | Perfect Score | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 5b | 4 |
| Campfire® Red Ember Bidens ferulifolia | Bidens | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 5b | 4 |
