Surfinia tubers … will I be able to grow from them ?

I kept some surfinia tubers in my garage over winter as they were so brilliant last summer in the garden planters. There was a huge tuber system so I shook the soil off in the main and kept them in a bucket over winter. Will I have any joy in planting them again in wooden planters or am I being overly optimistic ? I notice that one of the tuber bundles has green sprouting which must be encouraging ?

 

Are you sure they're surfinias?
AFAIK they don't have tubers.
I've grown them many times over the years, but never seen a tuber

 

I never knew they grew tubers,

 

I don’t think they produce tubers either.

 

If its starting to grow then it will probably go on to produce what it did last year, but not sure we are talking about Surfinias

 

I grow Surfinias and they don't have tubers. It will be interesting to see what you have.

 

I've never seen tubers on surfinias either (although I suppose the plant might survive the winter and regrow if it doesn't get too cold, like the Petunia Tidal Wave Red Velour)

 

Ok you folks must be right ! I assumed surfinia because that was the label in with them along with some begonias but they are very different from begonia tubers .. much more elongated vertically.

 

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Try again mike !

 

That doesn't look anything like a begonia. More like a dahlia or one of the tuber-forming salvias like S. guaranitica or patens, and hybrids related to those. If I had to guess I'd go for salvia. Do you have any pics of the containers from last summer?

 

Looks like dahlia's to me.
Going by the shoot.

 

Whatever, it's worth growing them on. Maybe in individual pots until you can tell what they are.

 

Looks like dahlias to me as well.

 

Pretty sure those are dahlias, 'Bedding ' dahlias would produce tubers in a good year and will grow again. Cuttings can be taken from the shoots shortly to emerge.
Surfinia can be overwintered ,and cuttings taken but it is 'illegal' to reproduce a registered plant without paying the royalty fees;
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