Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial | Region |
Year |
Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Shadowstorm® ornamental sweet potato vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Performer | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 5b | 4 |
| Surefire Cascade® Red Begonia | Begonia | Perfect Score | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 5b | 4 |
| Surefire® White Begonia benariensis | Begonia | Perfect Score | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 5b | 4 |
| White Knight® II sweet alyssum Lobularia | Lobularia | Top Performer | University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale | Southeast | 2025 | 10a | 11 |
| Surefire® Red II Begonia benariensis | Begonia | Top Performer | University of Tennessee - Knoxville | Southeast | 2025 | 6b | 7 |
| White Knight® II sweet alyssum Lobularia | Lobularia | Perfect Score | Boerner Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2025 | 5b | 4 |
| Luscious® Basket Tangeglow® Lantana camara | Lantana | Top Performer | Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 9 |
| Stardiva® Blue fan flower Scaevola aemula | Scaevola | Top Performer | Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 9 |
| Southern Blaze® Blueberry Phlox drummondii | Phlox | Top Performer | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2025 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| Campfire® Red Ember Bidens ferulifolia | Bidens | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2025 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Shadowstorm® ornamental sweet potato vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Leader of the Pack - Beds | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 3 |
| Luscious® Basket Tangeglow® Lantana camara | Lantana | Top Performer | University of Tennessee - Knoxville | Southeast | 2025 | 6b | 7 |
| Laguna® Royale Blue Pearl Lobelia erinus | Lobelia | Top Performer | University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale | Southeast | 2025 | 10a | 11 |
| ColorBlaze® El Brighto Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Perfect Score - Garden Plantings & A Top 10 Winner | University of Minnesota - Morris | Midwest | 2025 | 4 | |
| ColorBlaze® El Brighto Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 9 |
| Safari® Dawn South African Phlox Jamesbrittenia | Jamesbrittenia | Top Performer | University of Missouri | Midwest | 2025 |
5a 5b |
7 |
| Safari® Dawn South African Phlox Jamesbrittenia | Jamesbrittenia | Leader of the Pack - Beds | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 3 |
| ColorBlaze® Wicked Witch™ Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2025 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| Laguna® Royale Pink Lobelia erinus | Lobelia | Leader of the Pack - Early Season | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 3 |
| Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Shadowstorm® ornamental sweet potato vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Leader of the Pack - Early Season | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2025 | 7b | 3 |
