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Definitely cotoneaster.....seeding everywhere is so true!

Sounds wonderful! And what could be better for the long Michigan winter ahead than this book....to compliment my Fine Gardening magazine!

I have grown this plant (got it from Logees) for many years in Michigan. I plant it outdoors and then I take a cutting in early September and root it.
It makes a beautiful house plant in the winter time - very tropical looking.
Outside it needs lots of water (like all impatiens) and all shade, even in Michigan (zone 5b).

Gaura and it reseeds in Michigan Zone 5b too!! It is a very tough plant with one exception.....it doesn't like wet feet. grows like crazy here in dry soil and comes back each year like crazy.

California poppy for sure. I even raise them in Michigan!

I have Dutchman's Pipe as well...it is at least 15 years old and spread over an area of about 40 ft total. It travels over three 8 ft sections of trellis-work, three arches....and just gets more beautiful each year. It is happiest in the area shaded by an oak....and it's really the most beautiful in the shade. It does get more pipes in the sun, however.
About ten years ago we cut it completely back in the early spring to replace the trellis-work and it came back stronger than ever.
I have had many, many people ask me what it is, and where it came from. I got it from a nursery now closed that was in Plymouth, MI...Goode's Nursery that specialized in tissue culture of hostas. I have two hostas from their work that never became known nursery plants but I cherish them because they are unique....one is "Water Pitcher Gourd" because the flowers are shaped just like the gourd of that name.
Sorry to ramble!!
I might add, my Dutchman's Pipe has many shoots that come up as far as 10 ft away from the original base of the plant.