Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial | Region |
Year |
Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persian Shield Strobilanthes dyerianus | Strobilanthes | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Northeast | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' | Pennisetum | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Northeast | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Sky Fire Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Northeast | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Dragon Wing® Red Angelwing Begonia Begonia hybrid | Begonia | Top Picks | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Northeast | 2004 | 6a | 6 |
| Gays Delight Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2005 | 5b | 6 |
| Efanthia Wood Spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides hybrid | Euphorbia | Top Performer | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2005 | 5b | 6 |
| Icicles Licorice Plant Helichrysum thianschanicum | Helichrysum | Top Performer | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2005 | 5b | 6 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia hybrid | Euphorbia | Trial Manager's Favorite | Colorado State University | Mountain | 2005 | 5b | 5 |
| ColorBlaze® Dipt in Wine Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2005 | 5b | 6 |
| Gays Delight Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2005 | 5b | 6 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia hybrid | Euphorbia | Top Performer | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2005 | 5b | 6 |
| Efanthia Wood Spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides hybrid | Euphorbia | Top Performer | University of Illinois-Champaign County Master Gardeners | Midwest | 2005 | 5b | 6 |
| Butterfly White Pentas lanceolata | Pentas | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| Butterfly Red Pentas lanceolata | Pentas | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| Butterfly Deep Rose Pentas lanceolata | Pentas | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| Butterfly Deep Pink Pentas lanceolata | Pentas | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| Black Pearl Pepper Capsicum | Capsicum | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| Molten Lava™ Oxalis vulcanicola | Oxalis | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| Efanthia Wood Spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides hybrid | Euphorbia | Classic City Awards | University of Georgia | Southeast | 2005 | 7b | 8 |
| Efanthia Wood Spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides hybrid | Euphorbia | Classic City Awards | University of Georgia | Southeast | 2005 | 7b | 8 |
