Gaultheria shallon

salal

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Plant Types

Size

  • Average Height: 2 - 4 ft
  • Average Width: 5 - 8 ft

Exposures

Water Requirements

Bloom Times

Flower Colors

Site Conditions

Special Uses

Flowers and Foliage

A handsome evergreen shrub, happiest in fog shrouded coastal zones. Large, leathery, dark green leaves are a gorgeous foil to the loose clusters of white to pinkish urn-shaped flowers. Fat, blue-black berries follow and are relished by wildlife and eaten by people too. Salal can grow tall in moist coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest but usually forms a ground cover 2 – 4 ft. tall and spreading in California. Best with some shade and acidic, humus-rich, moist soils. The foliage is prized for flower arranging. Deer resistant.

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