| Scientific Name: | Gaultheria shallon |
| Common Name: | salal |
| Family Name: | Ericaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Flowering cut plant |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Irregular, Spreading |
| Form: | Mounded, Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Cut flower or foliage, Erosion control, Floristry, Group or mass planting, Herb, Mixed shrub border, Reclamation, Wildlife food, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Lustrous, Ovate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Pink, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Edible, (Accessory tissue), Blue, Black, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Native evergreen shrub; leaves abroadly ovate, thick, dark green with minute serrations, glabrous, leathery blades about 10cm long x 7cm wide, petioles <1cm long; forming a zig-zag pattern on pubescent stems; raceme of fuzzy, urn-shaped pinkish white florets; fruit a capsule surrounded by red then dark blue to black, fuzzy, fleshy accessory tissue (appears berry-like). | |