Fleuroselect Gold Medal 2025

A breakthrough in coreopsis breeding, ‘Corusco Cream-Red’ is an extremely compact annual wildflower praised for its unique coloration and early flowering habit. Growing just 8 to 12 inches tall and blooming just 75 days from sowing, ‘Corusco Cream-Red’ coreopsis sets masses of burgundy-eyed cream-colored flowers from midsummer into fall. The flowers’ nectar attracts plenty of bees and butterflies to the garden, and their seeds entice birds. But they also make excellent cut flowers for striking summer bouquets and mixed floral arrangements.

A Coreopsis tinctoria cultivar, commonly called coreopsis, tickseed, or golden tickseed, ‘Corusco Cream-Red’ has a dwarf habit that’s perfect for a patio pot. But the plant creates a stunning display when grouped or massed in beds and borders; and since it self-seeds in optimal conditions, it’s an excellent option for naturalizing in native wildfl