Phygelius x rectus 'Devil's Tears'

Plant out in a moist and fertile site in full sun.

Sow seed under glass, they will need potting on into bigger pots. plant out when big enough to handle.

Take soft wood cuttings in spring to early summer. Cleanly cut up to a 10 cm long stems, remove lower leaves and pinch the tip out, dip the stem into rooting hormone, fill a container/pot with suitable compost, make holes around the edge of it and plant the cuttings, water in well, cover with a polythene bag and place somewhere warm, lake the bag off twice a week to air the cuttings. Keep the cuttings moist until well rooted.Harden off when well rooted and pot on into individual pots increasing the airing to let the leaves to develop. Remove rotten, dying or dead cuttings regularly.

Suckers that have rooted can be carefully dug out and put into pots for a year before planting out into the garden.

Red buds opening to pendent, tubular deep pink flowers with orange lobes and yellow throats which resemble the flowers of the fuchsia.

Cape fuchsias bear fuchsia-like, tubular flowers from early / mid Summer to early Autumn

Plant in moist but free-draining, fertile soil in a sunny position,

Take softwood cuttings from new growth early in the day in Spring or early Summer. Cut, neatly, a 4" approx. piece of a non-flowering shoot, pinch out the tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)

Suckers that have rooted can be carefully dug out and put into pots for a year before planting out into the garden.