'Bristol Stripe' Dahlia is a beautiful dinnerplate dahlia. You will be mesmerized by its beauty and get lost adimiring it.
Dahlias - We love dahlias for the endless blooms they produce though the season never feels ling enough. We have around 200 varieties we have been growing out on our farm. This is our 3rd year growing our stock and we will offer around 20 varieties as tubers and cuttings for 2026. We stopped selling imported tubers in 2024 as we found the quality was decreasing and we could grow our own more effectively.
Dinnerplate Dahlias are awesome additions to any garden. They provide structure and color to any garden with minimal effort. They do rather well in the back of your beds because of their size or even in stand-alone rows. They reward gardeners with an abundance of blooms starting in mid to late summer through frost. Typically they are not bothered by diseases and have attractive foliage until frost.
Characteristics
- 40-50" tall
- Blooms are 8-12” wide
- USDA Zones 8-10 (Hardy in these zones, lift and store in winter in other zones)
- Summer to Fall
- Bloom Duration: Continuous Blooms through frost starting in mid to late summer
- Full Sun
Additional Information
- Great for Specimen, Mass Plantings, Borders, and Cutting Gardens.
- Great for butterflies and other pollinators
- Ships starting in mid to late March (weather dependent)
Key Planting Tips
Plant in full sun with tuber 6-7” deep with the crown 1-2” below the soil. Space Decorative dahlias about 3’ apart from any neighbor. Plant when the soil is 60 degrees, well past any frost danger.
Dahlias love soil that is close to neutral and do ok in slightly acidic or slightly alkaline. You can amend soil with 10-10-10 or something similar. Just make sure the first number (nitrogen) is 5 or 10. You can fertilize every 4 weeks to help achieve large blossoms.
Don’t water until the Dahlia sprouts. If your soil is very dry, water the soil first and then let it stand for 30 minutes before planting. Mulch around your plant leaving bare dirt directly above the tuber. You will see sprouts in 7-10 days.
