A LITTLE MORE LIFE
Salal
Gaultheria shallon
Native evergreen thickets shelter birds, and the dark berries feed birds and mammals.
MAKE IT FEEL AT HOME
A spot to thrive.
A coastal western shrub for acidic woodland soil; it can form large thickets and is not a small bedding plant.
- Sunlight
- Shade
- Soil moisture
- Average moisture
- Mature size
- 4–10 ft tall in shade · spreading
- Season of interest
- Spring flowers & summer berries
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 6–9
- Garden role
- Evergreen woodland structure
ONE GOOD SWAP
Instead of heavenly bamboo.
Nandina domestica
Try salal for evergreen woodland structure.
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Photo credits & licenses
Salal: Walter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Heavenly bamboo: Cathy Dewitt · CC BY 4.0
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