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Los Angeles Daily News: Why this beautiful, striped indoor plant is a fantastic choice for gardeners For Valentine’s Day, I bought my wife a Tradescantia Nanouk, a highly popular indoor plant thanks to its leaves with white, pink, and green stripes. A week later, she was still crowing about this ... Why this beautiful, striped indoor plant is a fantastic choice for gardeners With their deep green, striped leaves that maintain their color all winter long, striped wintergreen, or spotted wintergreen, Chimaphila maculata, are particularly fascinating.

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Measuring only 6 inches ... Does anyone know of a eastern tree, suitable for zone 6, that has an interesting winter silhouette? I like the look of a black gum a few streets over, but I want to make sure that I do't over-look any other, possibly nicer ones, as this will probably be the last tree I ever plant. Thanks.