There were a few problems with root rot and pests, and one hail storm reported, but overall field trial managers said that their seasons were fairly average and uneventful. ieties Appearing On Top Performer Lists More Than Once: * Alternanthera 'Purple Prince' (PanAmerican Seed) aAngelonia 'Angelface Blue Improved' (Proven Winners) * Amazel Basil** (Proven Winners) a Artemisia 'Quicksilver' (Proven Winrers) * Begonia 'Canary Wings'* (Ball Inger uity) * Begonia 'I'conia Portofino Citrix' (Dummen Orange) * Calibrachoa 'Chameleon Atomic Orange' (Westhoff Flowers] * Coreopsis 'Electric Sunshine' (Darwin Perennials) * Cuphea Tiny Mice' (Proven Winners) * Dahlia 'City Lights Purple' (Selecta) * Euphorbia 'Diamond Mountain'*** (Proven Winners) * Gerbera 'Garvinea Sweet Fiesta' (Florist Holland) * Gomphrena Truffula Pink'*** (Proven Winners) * Helianthus 'Sunfin ty' (Syngenta Flowers) * Lantana 'Luscious Citrus Blend Imp. (Proven Winners) * Pentas 'Lucky Star Dark Red' (PanAmerican Seed) * Petunia 'Dekko Star Coral' (Syngenta Flowers) * Petunia 'Supertunia Vista Paradise' (Proven Winners) * Petunia 'Headliner Night Sky' (Selecta) * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'ColorBiaze Torchlight' (Proven Winners) * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'FlameThrower Salsa Verde' (Ball FloraPlant) * Salvia 'Big Blue'** (PanAmerican Seed) * Salvia 'Rockin' Golden Delicious' (Proven Winners) * Salvia 'Skyscraper Dark Purple' (Selecta) * Tagetes (French Marigold) 'Boranza Flame Imp-oved'** (PanAmerican Seed) Varieties Appearing On Best of Show Lists More Than Once: * Begonia 'Canary Wings'* (Ball Ingenuity) * Celosía 'Bright Sparks Deep Rose' (Floranova) * Echinacea 'Sombrero Tres Amigos' (Darwin Perennials) * Gomphrena Truffula Pink' (Proven Winners) * Salvia 'Big Blue' (PanAmerican Seed) 'Varieties appearing three times * 'Varieties appearing four times ' Varieties appearing five times or more Mid-Atlantic * Lucas Greenhouses Monroeville, NJ Top Performers * Impatiens SunPatiens * Catharanthus (Vinca) Cora XDR Series * Catharanthus (Vinca) Soiree Ka-wa-i-i Series * Lantana Bandolero Series * Impatiens Imara Series Midwest * University of Minnesota Morris, MN Top Performers: Annuals * Dahlia 'City Lights Purple' * Euphorbia 'Diamond Mountain' * Lantana 'Chapel Hill Pink Huff' * Petunia 'Dekko Red' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'Colorblaze Golden Dreams' * New Guinea Impatiens 'Sunstanding Orange Aurora' * Salvia 'Rockin' Deep Purple' * Torenia 'Summer Wave Large Violet * Verbena 'Firehouse Grape' * Missouri Botanical Garden St. Louis, MO Top Performers * Lantana camara 'Bloomify Red' * Portulaca 'Colorblast Double Scarlet' * Portulaca 'Pazzaz Nano Orange' * Salvia 'Rockin' Playin' the Blues' * Tagetes 'Strawberry Blonde' * Artemesia stelleriana 'Silver Bullet' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'Alabama Sunset' * Raker-Roberta's Litchfield, Ml Top Performers * Helianthus 'Sunfinity' * Salvia 'Big Blue' * Verbena 'EnduraScape Pink Bicolor' * Celosía Bright Sparks Series * Begonia 'Bossa Nova Pure White' * Zinnia 'Profusion Cherry Bicolor' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'Cupcake Upright Lemon Zest' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'ColorBlaze Strawberry Drop' * Reiman Gardens, Iowa State University Ames, IA Best in Show * Salvia nutans (nodding sage) * Zinnia 'Queeny Lime Orange' * Capsicum 'Onyx Red' Top Performers * Canna 'South Pacific Orange' * Capsicum (habanero) 'Roulette' * Tronchuda-style kale trial * Yellow sweet pepper trial * Mini cucumber trial * Coreopsis 'Golden Globe Compact' * Salvia nutans (nodding sage) * Mast Young Plants Grand Rapids, Ml Best In Show * Fragrant Falls Begonia Series * Calibrachoa 'Bloomtastic Rose Quartz' * Begonia 'Canary Wing' * Delosperma 'Delmara Yellow' Top Performers * Fragrant Falls Begonia Series * Tophat Begonia Series * Scaevola 'Surdiva' * Portulaca 'Double Colorblast Magenta' (Majority of all portulaca varieties exhibited excellent garden performance) * Calibrachoa 'Bloomtastic Rose Quartz' * Petunia 'Surprise Burgundy Star' * Begonia 'Canary Wing' * Delosperma 'Delmara Yellow' North Dakota State University Department of Plant Sciences Fargo, ND Top Performers * Alternanthera 'Purple Prince' * Amaranthus (Love-Lies-Bleeding), 'Dreadlocks,' 'Hopi Red Dye,' and 'Red Spike' * Celosía 'Century Pink,' 'Prestige Scarlet,' 'Ruby Parfait,' and 'Asian Garden' * Coreopsis 'Electric Sunshine' * Gomphrena 'Fireworks' * Catharanthus (Vinca) 'Titan Mix Romance' Catharanthus (Vinca) Mega Bloom: Orchid Halo, Pink Halo, Tattoo Raspberry, Fresh Look Gold Pennisetum glaucum 'Copper Prince' Pennisetum villosum (Feathertop) I The Cincinnati Zoo &; Botanical Garden Cincinnati, OH Top Performers * Begonia 'BabyWing Bicolor' * Begonia Megawatt Series * Canna 'Cannova Bronze Scarlet' * Capsicum (Ornamental Pepper) 'Midnight Fire' * Catharanthus (Vinca) 'Valiant Pure White' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'Main Street Wall Street' * Euphorbia 'Diamond Mountain' * Helianthus 'Sunfinity' * Salvia 'Bodacious Rhythm &; Blues' * Zinnia Oklahoma Series * Zinnia 'Zahara XL Pink' Best Perennials * Allium 'Summer Beauty' * Anemone 'Lucky Charm' * Penstemon 'Dark Towers' * Penstemon 'Midnight Masquerade' * Penstemon 'Blackbeard' * Phlox 'Fashionably Early Crystal' * Pulmonaria 'Shrimps on the Barbie' * The Ohio State Unive'sity, Chadwick Arboretum Columbus, OH Top Performers * Euphorbia 'Diamond Mountain' * Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost' * Lantana 'Flavana Sunrise' * Lantana 'Luscious Citrus Blend Imp.' * Gomphrena 'Truffula Pink' * Catharanthus (Vinca) 'Soiree Ka-wa-i-i Red' * Scaevola 'Surdiva White Imp.' * Scaevola 'Surdiva Blue Violet * Begonia 'Canary Wings' University Display Gardens, University of Wisconsin, West Madison Agricultural Research Station Verona, Wl Top Performers * Petunia 'Supertunia Vista Bubblegum' * Petunia 'Supertunia Silverberry' * Tagetes (French Marigold) 'Bonanza Gold' * Gomphrena 'Truffula Pink' * Petunia 'Supertunia Hot Pink Charm' * Petunia 'Supertunia Latte' * Plectranthus (Coleus) scutellarioides 'ColorBlaze Torchlight' * Tagetes (French Marigold) 'Bonanza Flame Imp.' * Petunia 'Color Rush Pink Vein' * Petunia 'Littletunia Shiraz' * Petunia 'Sweetunia Pink Lemonade' * Petunia 'Petchoa Neon Rose' * Euphorbia 'Diamond Mountain' * Petunia 'Starlet Yellow' * Petunia 'Dekko Dark Lavendar' * Petunia 'Sanguna Radiant Blue' * Petunia 'Veranda Rose Mcrn' * Petunia 'Petchoa Pink Ice' * Petunia 'Sanguna White Imp.' * Petunia 'Petchoa Violet' Northeast * Cornell University Ithaca, NY Top Performers * Calendula 'Lady Godiva Yellow' * Petunia 'Supertunia Vista Paradise' * Tagetes erecta (French Marigold) 'Bonanza Flame Imp.' * Calibrachoa 'Superbells Evening Star' * Ipomoea 'FloraMia Cameo' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'Main Street Ruby Road' * Ipomoea 'Solar Power Black Imp.' * Calibrachoa 'Bloomtastic Serenity' * Tagetes erecta (French Marigold) 'Bonanza Gold' * Bidens 'Bee Bold' * D.S. Cole Growers Loudon, N.H. Top Performers * Begonia I'conia Portofino Series: Hot Coral, Citrix * Begonia 'Fragrant Falls Peach' * Bidens 'Golden Empire' * Echeveria 'Perle Von Nürnberg' * Echeveria runyonii * Echeveria 'Parva' * Echeveria 'First Lady' * Calibrachoa 'Minifamous Uno Double PinkTastic' * Calibrachoa 'Cabrio Eclipse Lilac' * Calibrachoa Chameleon Series: Atomic Orange, Cherry Banana * Geranium combo of 'Caliope Medium White' and 'Caliope Medium Dark Red' * Gerbera 'Patio Glacier' * Gerbera 'Garvinea Sweet Fiesta' * Helleborus 'Victoria' * Helleborus 'Winterbells' * Lophospermum 'Lofos Compact Rose' * Petunia 'Crazytunia Cosmic Purple' * Petunia 'Amore Queen of Hearts' * Petunia 'Cascadia Indian Summer' * Petunia 'Surfinia Heavenly Blue' * Petunia 'Surfinia Trailing Red' * Petunia 'Headliner Night Sky' * Phlox 'Phloxstar Red' * Salvia Skyscraper Series: Pink, Orange, Dark Purple * Supercal Premium Petchoa Series * Thunbergia 'Sunny Susy Rose Sensation' * Thunbergia 'Sunny Lemon Star' Southeast * Costa Farms Miami, FL Top Performers * Gerbera 'Garvinea Sweet Fiesta' * Canna 'South Pacific Rose' * Catharanthus (Vinca) 'Soiree Pink Peppermint' * Catharanthus (Vinca) 'Soiree White Peppermint' * Cuphea 'FloriGlory Diana' * Impatiens 'SunPatiens Vigorous Rose Pink' * Lantana 'Havana Full Moon' * Pentas 'Lucky Star Dark Red' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'Great Falls Angel' * Salvia 'Blue by You' * The J.C. Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC Top Performers * Angelonia 'AngelMist Spreading Berry Sparkler' * Begonia 'Canary Wings' * Begonia 'Frivola Pink' * Calibrachoa 'Aloha Nani Tropicana' * Celosía 'Asian Garden' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'Main Street Chartres Street' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'Main Street La Rambla' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'Main Street Ocean Drive' * Gomphrena 'Fireworks' * Gomphrena 'Truffula Pink' * Lantana 'Havana Sunshine' * Petunia 'Potunia Baby Pink' * Ruellia 'Machu Morado' * Scaevola 'Whirlwind Pink' * Vinca 'Tattoo Raspberry' * University Of Georgia Trial Gardens Athens, GA Classic City Awards * Begonia 'Canary Wings' * Calibrachoa 'Superbells Holy Smokes!' * Calibrachoa 'Lia White' * Echinacea 'Sombrero Tres Amigos' * Euphorbia 'Crystal White' * Gaillardia 'SpinTop Red Starburst' * Impatiens 'New Guinea Harmony Radiance Hot Pink' * Pelargonium 'Calliope Large Rose Mega Splash' * Petunia 'Dekko Star Coral' * Portulaca 'Hot Shots Tangerine Glow' * Salvia 'Skyscraper Pink' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'ColorBlaze Torchlight' * Louisiana State University Hammond, LA Best of Show * Hamelia patens 'Lime Sizzler Firebrush' Top Performers: Annuals * Impatiens 'SunPatiens Spreading Tropical Orange' * Impatiens 'SunPatiens Spreading Shell Pink' * Pentas 'Lucky Star Dark Red' * Pentas 'Lucky Star White' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'FlameThrower Wasabi' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'FlameThrower Salsa Verde' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'Premium Shade Kong Jr. t' * Canna 'Cannova Red Flame' * Canna 'Cannova Bronze Scarlet' * Dianthus 'Jolt Cherry,' 'Jolt Pink' * Spreading Petunia 'Easy Wave Silver' * Begonia 'Megawatt Rose Green Leaf' * Salvia 'Skyscraper Dark Purple' * Salvia (interspecific) 'Big Blue' * Viola 'Sorbet XP Blue Blotch Imp.' * Zinnia 'Profusion Double Golden' * Zinnia 'Profusion Fire' * Metrolina Greenhouses Huntersville, NC Top Performers * Alyssum 'Easy Breezy' * Alternanthera 'Purple Prince' * Coleus 'FlameThrower Salsa Verde' * Heuchera 'Primo Wild Rose' * New Guinea Impatiens 'Sunstanding Flame Orange' * New Guinea Impatiens 'Sunpatiens Vigorous Red' * Begonia 'Big Red Green Leaf Imp.' * Catharanthus (Vinca) 'Cora Cascade Lavender with Eye' * Phox 'PhloxStar White' * Perennial Phlox 'Fashionable Early Crystal' * Basil 'Amazel' * University of Tennessee Gardens: Jackson Jackson, TN Best of Show * Angelonia 'AngelMist Spreading Berry Sparkler' * Basil 'Amazel' * Calibrachoa 'Superbells Tangerine Punch' * Celosía argentea Asian Garden' * Cuphea 'FloriGlory Diana' * Ipomoea 'SolarPower Black Heart' and 'SolarPower Lime Hecrt * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'ColbrBlaze Golden Dreams' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'FlameThrower Salsa Roja' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'Premium Shade Kong Jr. t' * Verbena 'EnduraScape Wiite' Top Performers * Calibrachoa 'Superbells Cardinal Star' * Calibrachoa 'Cabaret Midnight Blue' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'ColorBlaze Torchlight' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'Premium Sun Pineapple Surprise' * Gomphrena 'Truffula Pink * Helichrysum 'Silver Threads' * Salvia (interspecific) 'Big Blue' * Scaevola 'Whirlwind Pink' * Young's Plant Farm Auburn, AL Top Performers * Caladium 'Water's Edge' * Ipomoea 'Sidekick Heart Bronze' * Salvia 'Skyscraper Dark Purple' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'FlameThrower Serrano' * Plug and Play Peach Melba Parfait Southwest/West * Colorado State University (CSU) Fort Collins, CO Best Of Show * Salvia 'Big Blue' Top Performers * Angelonia 'Archangel Dark Rose' * Begonia semperflorens (Shade) 'Megawatt Pink Bronze Leaf' * Celosía 'Kelos Fire Scarlet' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'FlameThrower Serrano' * Dahlia 'Temptation Orange' * Geranium (interspecific) 'Caliente Coral Salmon' * New Guinea Impatiens 'Sun Harmony Blushing Orchid' * Petunia (Seed) 'Easy Wave Silver' * Verbena 'Lanai Upright Twister Watercolor' * Vinca 'Tattoo Papaya' * Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden Dallas, TX Top Performers * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'Color Cloud Honey Pie' * Bidens 'Bellamy White' * Lantana 'Citrus Blend Imp.' * Gerbera 'Sweet Sixteen' * Antirrhinum (Snapdragon) 'Twinny Violet' * Dianthus 'Chiba Purple Picotee' * Gerbera (Patio) 'Great Smoky Mountains' * Viola Corina Series * Dianthus 'Barbarina Red Picotee' * Basil 'Amazel' * Cosmos Cosmic Series * Catharanthus (Vinca) Cora Cascade Series * Pansy 'Freefall Marina' * Dianthus 'IQ Purple Ice' * Viola 'Cool Wave Morpho' * Mandevilla 'Sundenia Crimson' * Ipomea 'Solar Powered Red Heart' * Catharanthus (Vinca) Soiree Ka-wa-i-i Series * Rudbeckia 'Little Henry' * Zinnia 'Zany Scarlet' * Cuphea 'Tiny Mice' * Okra 'French Quarter' * Portulaca Cupcake Series * Gomphrena 'Truffula' * Hibiscus 'Honeymoon Rose' * Salvia 'Rockin' Golden Delicious' * Petunia 'Headliner Night Sky' * Texas A&;M AgriLife Research And Extension Center Overton, TX Best Of Show * Argyranthemum 'Limero White' * Begonia Baby Wing Series * Begonia 'Canary Wings' * Celosía 'Bright Sparks Burgundy' and 'Bright Sparks Deep Rose ' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'Golden Dream' * Echinacea Sombrero Series and E. 'Sombrero Tres Amigos' * Gomphrena 'Truffula Pink' * Lantana 'Bandana Red Improved' * Leycesteria 'Jealousy' * Portulaca 'Muffin Rose,' 'Muffin Yellow,' and 'Muffin Deep Rose' * Salvia 'Big Blue' * Salvia 'Blue by You' * Scaevola 'Abanico Blue' * Vinca 'Soiree Ka-wa-i-i Pink' * Vinca Valiant: Apricot, Lilac, Pure White, Orchid * Zinnia 'Zahara Sunburst,' 'Zahara White,' and 'Zahara Red' Top Performers: Annuals * Basil 'Balsamic Blooms' * Angelonia 'Angel Face Blue Imp.' * Basil Amazel' * Begonia 'Big Rose Green Leaf' * Begonia 'Tophat Pink' * Canna 'Cannova Mango' * Celosía 'Intenz Dark Purple' * Celosía 'New Look Red' * Cuphea 'Tiny Mice' * Delosperma 'Wheels of Wonder Fire' * Helianthus 'Sunfinity' * Hypoestes 'Pink' and 'White' * Lantana 'Luscious Citrus' * Melinis 'Savannah' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'Kong Junior Lime Vein' * Plectranthus (Coleus) 'Main Street La Rumbla' * Osteospermum 'Bright Lights Pink' * Petunia 'Tidal Wave Red Velour' * Petunia 'Supertunia Sky Blue' and 'Supertunia Vista Paradise' * Petunia 'Dekko Star Coral' and 'Dekko Rose' * Red Forte rweed * Trifolium 'Limerick Isabella' * Vinca 'Mediterranean XP Burgundy' * Vinca 'Soiree Double Pink' Top Performers: Perennials * Calibrachoa 'Garden Rose' * Canna Cannova Series * Carex 'Feather Falls' * Coreopsis 'Electric Sunshine' * Coreopsis 'Uptic< Yellow' and 'Uptick Red' * Dianthus 'Beauties Doutzen,' 'Beauties Kate,' and 'Beauties Naomi' * Hibiscus Summer Spice Series * Salvia 'Marvel Sky Blue' * Sinningia tubiflora 'Hardy White Gloxinia' * Welby Gardens Denver, CO Top Performers * Delphinium 'Red Lark' * Petunia 'Crazytunia Frisky Purple' * Verbena 'Empress Flair Burgundy Star' * Gomphrsna 'Tru'fula Pink' * Petunia 'Crazytunia Cosmic Purple' * Calibrachoa 'Chameleon Atomic Orange' * Dahlia 'City Lights Purple' * Begonia BK Collection: Evi Bright Pink * Verbena 'Firehouse White Imp.' * Rudbeckia 'Rising Sun Chestnut Gold' * Petunia 'Ray Black' * Begonia 'So enia Apricot' * Begonia 'Scentiment Sunrise' * Coreopsis 'Super.