I had my trepidations paying $15 for a single tuber, but I really wanted a short-ish red & white dahlia, so I eventually did, and oh, boy, did my investment paid back! It grew quickly to about 3 feet and became a full, bushy plant. The very first flowers weren't exactly as depicted in the picture, they lacked the white stripes, but a couple blooms later they became exactly as they supposed to be. One difference from the picture in the listing is that the flower stems were much shorter. Once one flower opened up, immediately two more from the sides started to grow out, almost covering the first flower. They kept on coming without stopping, until the plant became so full, so heavy, that I had to prop it up with more stakes and a thick wire, because nothing modest was able to hold it's weight even at only 3 feet height. It was a show stopper. Every garden visitor stopped to admire it and many couldn't stop photographing it. I don't think it would work as a cut flower, unless you cut the whole branch with many flowers on it. If you do it, the plant does grow back super fast.
I'm very happy with this dahlia and hope it overwinters well.
