2020 Plant Trial Results
Trial States: Georgia, Minnesota, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Wisconsin
Trial Name: University of Minnesota - Morris
Trial description: This trial is located in central western Minnesota near the borders with North & South Dakota and is both a gorgeous display garden and a great trial garden. The goal of the annual flower trial at the U of MN WCROC is to evaluate cultivars under regional conditions in order to provide cultivar recommendations for their zone 4 climate. At the end of the growing season, trial results are published.
Region: North Central
A TOP 10 PLANT
HONORABLE MENTION
TOP PERFORMERS
TOP PERFORMERS - CONTAINERS
 Sweet Potato Vine | ||
 Sweet Caroline Light Green Ipomoea |  Sweet Caroline Raven™ Ipomoea |  Moonlight Knight™ Lobularia |
 White Knight® Lobularia |  Whirlwind® Blue Imp Scaevola |  Whirlwind® Starlight™ Scaevola |
ColorBlaze®
TOP PERFORMERS - HANGING BASKETS
Trial Name: University of Georgia - Athens
Trial description: Athens, Georgia is in zone 8 and has long been considered one of the top trials in the Southeast. They pack a lot of plant material in their compact garden and consistently produce top-notch trial results.
Region: Southeast
PLANT OF DISTINCTION:
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TOP PERFORMERS:
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 Double Up™ White Begonia |  Surefire® RedBegonia |  Superbells® Coral Sun Calibrachoa |
 Señorita Rosalita®Spider Flower |  Coffee CupsElephant's Ear |  Heart of the Jungle™Elephant's Ear |
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|  Heat it Up® Scarlet Blanket Flower |
 Heat it Up® Yellow Blanket Flower |  Truffula™ PinkGlobe Amaranth |  Suncredible® Yellow SunflowerHelianthus |
 Proven Accents® Sweet Caroline Kiwi™ Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine |  Proven Accents®Sweet Caroline Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine |  Sunstar® Red Egyptian Star Flower |
 Supertunia® Royal Velvet® Petunia |  Supertunia Vista® Bubblegum® Petunia |  |
 Rockin'® Fuchsia Salvia | ||
 Unplugged® So Blue™Mealycup Sage |  Sunbini® Creeping Zinnia |  Whirlwind® BlueScaevola |
 Whirlwind® Starlight™ Scaevola |
Trial Name: Cornell University - Ithaca, New York
Trial description: Cornell is located in Ithaca, in upstate New York, which is considered zone 5b. This trial is now located at the Cornell Botanic Gardens, near the Nevin Welcome Center. The new location is highly visible, easy to access, and available to be visited every day from dawn to dusk.
The following twenty-seven plants were all chosen as Top Performers by Cornell, which is based on their bi-weekly ratings.
Region: Northeast
PLANT OF DISTINCTION:
 Double Up™ Red Begonia |  Superbells® Double Amber Double Calibrachoa |  Superbells® Honeyberry™ Calibrachoa |
 Coffee Cups Elephant's Ear |  Heart of the Jungle™Elephant's Ear |  Diamond Snow® Euphorbia |
 Truffula™ Pink Globe Amaranth |  Suncredible® Yellow Sunflower Helianthus |  Hippo® Pink Polka Dot Plant |
 Infinity® Orange New Guinea Impatiens |  Proven Accents® Illusion® Emerald Lace Sweet Potato Vine |  Proven Accents® Sweet Caroline Kiwi™ Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine |
 Proven Accents®Sweet Caroline Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine |  Proven Accents® Sweet Caroline Raven™ Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine |  Luscious® Royale Cosmo Lantana |
 Moonlight Knight™ Sweet Alyssum |  Bright Lights™ Double Moonglow African Daisy |  Supertunia Vista® Bubblegum® Petunia |
 Supertunia® Honey™ Petunia | ||
 Supertunia® Lovie Dovie™ Petunia | Supertunia® Royal Velvet® Petunia | Sunbini® Creeping Zinnia |
 |  ColorBlaze® Royale Pineapple Brandy™ Coleus |
Trial Name: Oklahoma State University
Trial description: The Oklahoma State University Trials gives us excellent information on the performance of plants in central-southern prairie conditions. The trial season is May through August.
Region: South Central
PERFECT SCORE
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|  Coffee Cups Elephant's Ear |
| Heart of the Jungle™ Elephant's Ear |  Diamond Snow® Euphorbia | Bush Daisy |
|  Luscious® Royale Cosmo Lantana |  Luscious® Royale Red Zone™ Lantana |
 White Knight® Sweet Alyssum | Supertunia® Lovie Dovie™ Petunia | |
Supertunia Vista® Bubblegum® Petunia | Whirlwind® Blue Scaevola |  ColorBlaze® Royale Apple Brandy® Coleus |
| | ColorBlaze® Royale Pineapple Brandy™ Coleus |
TOP PERFORMERS
 Double Up™ Pink Begonia | Superbells® Coral Sun Calibrachoa |  Berried Treasure® RedStrawberry |
 Truffula™ Pink Globe Amaranth | Proven Accents® Sweet Caroline Kiwi™ Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine | Proven Accents® Sweet Caroline Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine |
 Proven Accents® Sweet Caroline Raven™ Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine |  Supertunia® Mini Vista™ Pink Star Petunia |  Supertunia® Raspberry Rush™ Petunia |
| Supertunia® Royal Velvet® Petunia |
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Trial Name: Oregon State University
Trial description: This is one of the few trials located in the Pacific Northwest and at Oregon State the trials are incorporated into the campus landscape in high traffic areas. This allows the students and visitors to view and benefit from the trials each day. OSU is in Corvallis, Oregon which is a zone 8—a mild climate which is a wonderful place to grow plants.
Region: Northwest
Perfect Scores are awarded when over the entire trial season the plant always received a perfect 5 out of a possible 5. They were quite literally judged at the highest level all the way through the trial.
Top Performers on the other hand averaged between a 4.0 and 4.9 for the entire season of the trial out of a possible 5. Which are great plants, but they aren’t perfect.
PERFECT SCORE ALL SEASON
 Superbells® Honeyberry™ Calibrachoa |  Superbells® Coral Sun Calibrachoa |  Fire Away™ Hot and Heavy Hot Pepper |
 Heart of the Jungle® Elephant's Ear |  Diamond Snow® Euphorbia |  Berried Treasure® WhiteStrawberry |
 Suncredible® Yellow SunflowerHelianthus |  Hippo® Pink Polka Dot Plant |  Hippo® Red Polka Dot Plant |
 Proven Accents® Illusion® Emerald Lace Sweet Potato Vine |  Proven Accents® 'Sweet Caroline Light Green' Sweet Potato Vine |  Proven Accents®Sweet Caroline Medusa™ Green Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine |
| Proven Accents® Sweet Caroline Raven™ Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine | Proven Accents® Sweet Caroline Kiwi™ Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine | Luscious® Royale Cosmo Lantana |
| Luscious® Royale Red Zone™ Lantana | White Knight® Sweet Alyssum | |
 Amazel Basil® Sweet Italian Basil | ColorBlaze® Royale Pineapple Brandy™ Coleus | |
TOP PERFORMERS
|  Double Up™ Pink Begonia |
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|  Coffee Cups Elephant's Ear | Bush Daisy |
| Berried Treasure® Red Strawberry |  Truffula™ Pink Globe Amaranth |
New Guinea Impatiens | New Guinea Impatie | New Guinea Impatiens |
|  Laguna® Ultraviolet™ Lobelia |  Bright Lights™ Double Moonglow African Daisy |
| African Daisy |  Supertunia® Lovie Dovie™ Petunia | |
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|  Supertunia Vista® Bubblegum® Petunia |
 Sunbini®Creeping Zinnia |
Trial Name: University of Wisconsin—Final Trial Results
Trial description: The University of Wisconsin trial garden is located in Southern Wisconsin, which is zone 5. The West Madison Ag Station is used by almost all disciplines in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences with a focus on agronomic and horticultural plant breeding and variety trials, community outreach, student training, and providing feed and manure management for the UW-Madison campus livestock.
This trial garden is highlighting plants that performed well all summer and into Fall.
Region: Upper Midwest/North Central
