Best Regional Plants
Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial |
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Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
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Margarita Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Bronze Medal | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2006 | 5b | 6 |
Angelface® Blue Summer Snapdragon Angelonia hybrid | Angelonia | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2018 | 5b | 5 |
Double Up™ Pink Begonia semperflorens | Begonia | Top Performer - Hanging Baskets | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2020 |
3a 3b |
3 |
Graceful Grasses® Baby Tut® Umbrella Grass Cyperus involucratus | Cyperus | Bronze Medal | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2007 | 5b | 6 |
Surefire® Red Begonia benariensis | Begonia | Top Performer | University of Minnesota - Morris | Midwest | 2018 | 4 | |
Graceful Grasses® Blue Mohawk® Soft Rush Juncus inflexus | Juncus | Best Baskets | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2011 |
3a 3b |
3 |
Graceful Grasses® King Tut® Egyptian Papyrus Cyperus papyrus | Cyperus | Bronze Medal | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2007 | 5b | 6 |
Graceful Grasses® King Tut® Egyptian Papyrus Cyperus papyrus | Cyperus | Top Performer | University of Minnesota - Morris | Midwest | 2011 | 4 | |
Supertunia® Lovie Dovie™ Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Top Performer - In Ground | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2020 |
3a 3b |
3 |
Sunsatia® Coconut Nemesia hybrid | Nemesia | Top Performer | University of Minnesota - Morris | Midwest | 2023 | 4 | |
Coffee Cups Elephant's Ear Colocasia esculenta | Colocasia | Bronze Medal | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2008 | 5b | 5 |
Snowstorm® Snow Globe® Bacopa Sutera cordata | Sutera | Top Performer - Hanging Baskets | University of Minnesota - Morris | Midwest | 2019 | 4 | |
Supertunia Vista® Bubblegum® Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2009 | 5b | 5 |
Superbells® Double White Double Calibrachoa Calibrachoa hybrid | Calibrachoa | Top Performer | University of Minnesota - Morris | Midwest | 2023 | 4 | |
ColorBlaze® Royale Apple Brandy® Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer - In Ground | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2020 |
3a 3b |
3 |
GoldDust® Mecardonia hybrid | Mecardonia | Top Performer | University of Wisconsin | Midwest | 2010 |
5a 5b |
4 5 |
Sweet Caroline Upside™ Key Lime Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2023 | 5b | 5 |
Snow Princess® Sweet Alyssum Lobularia hybrid | Lobularia | Top Performer | Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum - Springfield | Midwest | 2011 | 5b | 5 |
Sunstar® Lavender Egyptian Star Flower Pentas lanceolata | Pentas | Top Performer - Hanging Baskets | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2019 |
3a 3b |
3 |
Double Up™ Red Begonia semperflorens | Begonia | Top Performer - In Ground | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2020 |
3a 3b |
3 |