salal
Gaultheria shallon
USDA zones6 to 9
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles dry to wet soil
Size4 to 10 feet tall4 to 10 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- White , pink
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Salal (Gaultheria shallon) is a shrub for shade gardens, ground cover, borders, and food gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and dry to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Spring flowers hang like tiny white to pale pink bells. Sweet blue-black berries follow, and you can eat them. Deer rarely make it their first choice.
Pairs well with Western sword fern, American maidenhair fern, Pacific bleeding heart, and Madrone.
Native range
AK, CA, OR, and WA; BC.