‘Bristol Stripe’ Dahlia (Dahlia × hortensis) carries immense fully double flowers about 22 cm across, with a creamy-white ground broadly streaked magenta and raspberry. Multilayered, curved florets flick upward at their tips, creating a different pattern on every flowerhead; some blooms show more white while others display abundant purple-red markings. Mid-green foliage supports a vigorous clump about 110 cm tall. From midsummer until the first frost, stems provide a succession of spectacular large flowers. The Van Noort package contains one No. 1 tuber, ideal for expressive borders, cutting gardens, and variegated bouquets where no two harvested flowers look exactly alike.

Plant the tuber in spring after the final frost once the soil has warmed. Set it horizontally 10 cm deep with the crown facing upward, then space plants 50 to 60 cm apart. Choose a warm, sheltered position in full sun with fertile, humus-rich soil that stays moist yet drains thoroughly. Water deeply as the surface begins to dry without leaving water around the tuber. Add mature compost at planting, followed by potassium-rich fertilizer while buds develop. Pinch young shoots and install strong stakes early because 22 cm flowerheads become very heavy after rain. Tie stems loosely as they grow and avoid excessive nitrogen that can produce soft, breakable growth.

Place ‘Bristol Stripe’ toward the back of a border, in a large bed, or through a dedicated cutting plot. Creamy-white, magenta, and raspberry streaking combines with white cosmos, pink phlox, purple salvias, and pale grasses. Harvest stems when flowers are fully open so every arrangement benefits from unpredictable markings. Remove faded flowerheads regularly to stimulate replacement buds. In cold Canadian regions, lift the tuber after the first frost, allow its surface to dry, and keep it somewhere dark, cool, dry, and frost-free. Check firmness monthly and replant only healthy sections carrying a viable bud once spring soil has warmed and frost danger has passed.