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Salal

Salal is a dense, robust, thicket-forming subshrub or shrub, from 1-4 ft. high, with erect or spreading, intricately branched stems which can root when reclining. The large, leathery, evergreen leaves are round to oval in shape and dull green becoming reddish in winter. A shrub-like plant with spreading or erect, hairy stems, often in large dense patches, and whitish to pale pink, urn-shaped flowers hanging along reddish or salmon racemes in upper leaf axils. Pendent, pink, urn-shaped flowers occur in racemes and are followed by dark-blue berries. Description from wildflower.org

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Salal

Salal fast facts

Scientific Name

Gaultheria shallon

Family

Ericaceae

Garden Type

Rain Garden Appropriate, Anywhere

Wildlife

Birds

Native Plant Region

Western WA, PNW, North America

Light needs

Filtered

Water Needs

Dry

Plant Type

Evergreen, Flowering, Groundcover & Grasses, Perennial

Bloom Color(s)

Pink, White

Height

2 – 5 feet

Width

2 – 5 feet

Months in Bloom

March, April, May, June

Safe Beneath Power Lines?

Yes
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