Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award |
Trial |
Region | Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart to Heart® 'Hot Flash' Sun or Shade Caladium Caladium hortulanum | Caladium | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Northeast | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Superbells® Yellow Calibrachoa hybrid | Calibrachoa | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Northeast | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Rockin'® Blue Suede Shoes™ Salvia hybrid | Salvia | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Northeast | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Luscious® Basket Tangeglow™ Lantana camara | Lantana | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Northeast | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Luscious® Royale Lemon Tart™ Lantana camara | Lantana | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Northeast | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Luscious® Royale Red Zone™ Lantana camara | Lantana | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Northeast | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Suncredible® Yellow Sunflower Helianthus hybrid | Helianthus | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Northeast | 2022 | 6a | 6 |
| Snow Princess® Sweet Alyssum Lobularia hybrid | Lobularia | Gold Medal | Champaign County Illinois Master Gardener Idea Garden | Midwest | 2009 | 5b | 6 |
| Laguna® Dark Blue Lobelia erinus | Lobelia | Gold Medal | Champaign County Illinois Master Gardener Idea Garden | Midwest | 2009 | 5b | 6 |
| Heart of the Jungle® Elephant's Ear Colocasia esculenta | Colocasia | Gold Medal | Champaign County Illinois Master Gardener Idea Garden | Midwest | 2009 | 5b | 6 |
| Black Pearl Pepper Capsicum | Capsicum | Gold Medal | Champaign County Illinois Master Gardener Idea Garden | Midwest | 2009 | 5b | 6 |
| Supertunia Vista® Bubblegum® Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Gold Medal | Champaign County Illinois Master Gardener Idea Garden | Midwest | 2009 | 5b | 6 |
| Supertunia® Silver Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Gold Medal | Champaign County Illinois Master Gardener Idea Garden | Midwest | 2009 | 5b | 6 |
| ColorBlaze® Dipt in Wine Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Gold Medal | Champaign County Illinois Master Gardener Idea Garden | Midwest | 2009 | 5b | 6 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia hybrid | Euphorbia | Gold Medal | Champaign County Illinois Master Gardener Idea Garden | Midwest | 2009 | 5b | 6 |
| Supertunia Vista® Bubblegum® Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Gold Medal | Champaign County Illinois Master Gardener Idea Garden | Midwest | 2009 | 5b | 6 |
| Laguna® Dark Blue Lobelia erinus | Lobelia | Gold Medal | Champaign County Illinois Master Gardener Idea Garden | Midwest | 2009 | 5b | 6 |
| Snow Princess® Sweet Alyssum Lobularia hybrid | Lobularia | Gold Medal | Champaign County Illinois Master Gardener Idea Garden | Midwest | 2009 | 5b | 6 |
| Black Pearl Pepper Capsicum | Capsicum | Gold Medal | Champaign County Illinois Master Gardener Idea Garden | Midwest | 2009 | 5b | 6 |
| Heart of the Jungle® Elephant's Ear Colocasia esculenta | Colocasia | Gold Medal | Champaign County Illinois Master Gardener Idea Garden | Midwest | 2009 | 5b | 6 |
