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Help me identify this plant

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  • 18-06-2016 8:10pm
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    leck
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    Anyone know what this is? A couple of them appeared this year and I don't remember seeing them before. They are growing on a ditch next to red valerian, which many would consider a weed, but I quite like it.

    Sorry, photo only shows the flowerhead (a raceme). The plant is about two feet tall, the stem is angled (maybe four-sided) and lower stem is slightly tinged with red.
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    leck
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    A couple of the flowers opened since I took photo this morning. Corolla is tube-shaped, more pinkish on the outside. The petal tips are tipped with red on the inside and yellow below that.


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    looksee
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    Could it be a Cape Fuchsia?


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    leck
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    looksee wrote: »
    Could it be a Cape Fuchsia?
    Looks like it. I was going to start pulling it out, but laziness stopped me. Next door neighbour was an avid gardener, but died six years ago and the garden went wild. A few weeks ago the builders moved in and started tearing the place apart. I suppose I could call this a garden escape. I will try to pot up some and see how it goes.


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    mountainy man
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    I agree with Looksee, Phygelius aka cape fushsia.


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    yellowlabrador
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    we call it devil's tears


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    leck
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    yellowlabrador wrote: »
    we call it devil's tears
    Very apt name. Would it be easy to transplant or not a good idea now while it's flowering? It's now growing in a shady area, is that preferred?


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    yellowlabrador
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    it's easy to propagate Look for shoots at the base, they will have rootlets, when big enough cut and transplant


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