Gaultheria shallon
Salal, Lemon Leaf
These upright or spreading evergreen shrubs perform best in semi-shady woodland gardens.
Gaultheria shallon Ericaceae
Salal gawl-THEE-ree-a SHA-lon
Broad-leaved evergreen shrub, less than 2 ft (0.6 m) tall in full sun and poor soil, but 4-10 ft (1.2-3 m) in shade and good soil, nearly equal spread, dense, developing into thickets, ...
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USDAFS Additional Silvics - USDA Plants Database
Gaultheria shallon is native to North America.
Salal (Gaultheria shallon) is so forgiving of conditions that it is always tempting to stretch its ideal preferences, placing it where it gets too much sun, or too little water, or otherwise in some location where it will do so-so but not its best.
Gaultheria shallon
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Hardiness Zones:
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Gaultheria shallon. Salal. Photographed in Oregon.
Vaccinium ovatum. California Huckleberry.
Vaccinium scoparium. Dwarf Huckleberry or Grouseberry. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.
Appelblad [Dutch]: Gaultheria shallon
Appelboom [Dutch]: Malus pumila
Appelmos [Dutch]: Bartramia pomiformis
Appelsína [Icelandic]: Citrus sinensis
Appelsína [Icelandic]: Citrus sinensis x
Appelsien [Dutch]: Citrus sinensis ...
Gaultheria shallon
Gooseberry
Helleborus (hellebores)
Hippophae rhamnoides
Hydrangea
Jasminum (jasmine - winter & summer types)
Kerria japonica
Kniphofia (red hot pokers)
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Lavandula (lavender) ...
In my native garden, this close western raspberry relative grows with abandon next to a stump, alongside Gaultheria shallon (salal), Sambucus racemosa (red elderberry), Polystichum munitum (Sword fern), and Alnus rubra (red alder).
Species and varieties
Gaultheria miqueliana (Miquel's Spicy Wintergreen)
Gaultheria mucronata
Gaultheria ovatifolia (Western Teaberry)
Gaultheria procumbens (Eastern Teaberry, Wintergreen)
Gaultheria shallon (Salal, Lemonleaf) ...
 See also: Green, Evergreen, Pink, Lily, Wintergreen
  
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