Monday 15 February 2016

Gaultheria shallon


  • Common Name - salal
  • Botanical Name - Gaultheria shallon
  • Family - Ericaceae
  • Bud - alternate
  • Stem/Bark - exfoliating 
  • Leaf - simple, ovate shape, acuminate apex, obtuse base, dentate margin
  • Flower - raceme inflorescence, showy, white, April - May
  • Fruit - drupe, red, edible, July - August
  • Habit - dense, irregular, spreading
  • Form - mounded, oval, horizontal
  • Size - 2 - 3 m
  • Culture - full sun, acidic/well drained soil
  • Use - mixed shrub border, mass planting, native planting

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