Help me identify this plant

leck

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.

leck

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.

looksee

Could it be a Cape Fuchsia?

leck

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.

mountainy man

I agree with Looksee, Phygelius aka cape fushsia.

yellowlabrador

we call it devil's tears

leck

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?

yellowlabrador

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