Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial |
Region |
Year | Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ColorBlaze® Royale Cherry Brandy® Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2022 | 8a | 9 |
| 'Golden Delicious' Golden Leaved Pineapple Sage Salvia elegans | Salvia | Perfect Score All Season | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2018 | 6b | 8 |
| 'Sweet Caroline Light Green' Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Arboretum Approved | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2003 | 8a | 9 |
| Supertunia® Lovie Dovie™ Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Perfect Score All Season | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2020 | 6b | 8 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® Midnight Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2022 | 6b | 8 |
| Lavender Chiffon® Hibiscus syriacus | Hibiscus | Top Pick | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| Catalina® Midnight Blue Wishbone Flower Torenia hybrid | Torenia | Flame Proof | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| Artist® Blue Flossflower Ageratum hybrid | Ageratum | Rising Star | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| Double Up™ White Begonia semperflorens | Begonia | Flameproof | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2022 | 8a | 9 |
| 'Flamenco Samba' Cuphea llavea | Cuphea | Rising Star | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2007 | 8a | 9 |
| White Chiffon® Rose of Sharon Hibiscus syriacus | Hibiscus | Top Pick | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2005 | 8a | 9 |
| Graceful Grasses® King Tut® Egyptian Papyrus Cyperus papyrus | Cyperus | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| ColorBlaze® Mini Me™ Watermelon Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Perfect Score | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2022 | 6b | 8 |
| Big Leaf Creeping Wire Vine Muehlenbeckia complexa | Muehlenbeckia | Perfect Score | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2022 | 6b | 8 |
| Snow Princess® Sweet Alyssum Lobularia hybrid | Lobularia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| Daredevil® Mulberry Zonal Geranium Pelargonium zonale | Pelargonium | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| Supertunia Vista® Silverberry Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2009 | 6b | 8 |
| Coffee Cups Elephant's Ear Colocasia esculenta | Colocasia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
| Flambe® Yellow Strawflower Chrysocephalum apiculatum | Chrysocephalum | Flame Proof | Dallas Arboretum | Southwest | 2006 | 8a | 9 |
| Diamond Frost® Euphorbia hybrid | Euphorbia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2010 | 6b | 8 |
