General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Extremely acid (3.5 – 4.4)
Very strongly acid (4.5 – 5.0)
Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 1-6 feet
Plant Spread: spreads widely by underground rhizomes
Leaves: Evergreen
Broadleaf
Fruit: Edible to birds
Indehiscent
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Butterflies
Other Beneficial Insects
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Root
Division
Stolons and runners
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Salal
  • Shallon
  • Shallal
  • Lemon-Leaf Salal
  • Oregon Wintergreen

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Location: Illinois River valley, SW Oregon
Date: 2005-03-24
Gaultheria Shallon in bloom.
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-05-31
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-05-17

photo by ghislain118
Location: Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge
photo credit: Walter Siegmund
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-05-12
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2016-03-22
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-06-23

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
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Comments:
  • Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Aug 12, 2020 10:20 PM concerning plant:
    Information from "The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers":
    The berries are a source of food for wildlife, and were once also eaten by coastal Indians. The leaves are often used in floral arrangements.

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