Best Regional Plants
| Plant Name | Genus | Award | Trial | Region |
Year |
Trial Cold Hardiness | Trial Heat Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Caroline Upside™ Black Coffee Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Director's Select - Sun | Penn State University | Northeast | 2023 | 6a |
5 6 |
| Goldilocks Rocks® Bidens ferulifolia | Bidens | Top Performer | Penn State University | Northeast | 2023 | 6a |
5 6 |
| Luscious® Citron™ Lantana hybrid | Lantana | Top Performer | Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs | Southeast | 2023 | 7b | 9 |
| Rockin'® Blue Suede Shoes™ Salvia hybrid | Salvia | Top Performer | University of Tennessee - Knoxville | Southeast | 2023 | 6b | 7 |
| Safari® Sky South African Phlox Jamesbrittenia hybrid | Jamesbrittenia | Top Performer | University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale | Southeast | 2023 | 10a | 11 |
| ColorBlaze® Sedona Sunset® Coleus scutellarioides | Coleus | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2023 | 6a | 6 |
| Supertunia® Saffron Finch™ Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Director's Select | Penn State University | Northeast | 2023 | 6a |
5 6 |
| Sweet Caroline Upside™ Black Coffee Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea batatas | Ipomoea | Rated #2 in the Top Ten - beds | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2023 | 7b | 3 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® Yellow Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Leaders of the Pack - beds | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2023 | 7b | 3 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® Pink Star Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Top Performer | University of Minnesota - Morris | Midwest | 2023 | 4 | |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® Hot Pink Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Top Performer | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | Midwest | 2023 | 6a | 6 |
| Sweet Caroline Red Hawk™ Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea hybrid | Ipomoea | Perfect Score | University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale | Southeast | 2023 | 10a | 11 |
| Campfire® Flame Bidens hybrid | Bidens | Top Performer - in ground | University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids | Midwest | 2023 |
3a 3b |
3 |
| Mojave® Yellow Purslane Portulaca umbraticola | Portulaca | Top Performer | Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs | Southeast | 2023 | 7b | 9 |
| Whirlwind® White fan flower Scaevola aemula | Scaevola | Top Performer | Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs | Southeast | 2023 | 7b | 9 |
| Sweet Caroline Red Hawk™ Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine Ipomoea hybrid | Ipomoea | Leaders of the Pack - beds | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum | Southeast | 2023 | 7b | 3 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® Ultramarine Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Top Performer | University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale | Southeast | 2023 | 10a | 11 |
| Supertunia® Hoopla® Vivid Orchid™ Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2023 | 6b | 8 |
| Supertunia Mini Vista® Ultramarine Petunia hybrid | Petunia | Perfect Score | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens | Southwest | 2023 | 6b | 8 |
| Whirlwind® Blue Fan Flower Scaevola aemula | Scaevola | Top Performer | Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs | Southeast | 2023 | 7b | 9 |
