: a small evergreen shrub (Gaultheria shallon) of the heath family found on the Pacific coast of North America and bearing edible grape-sized dark purple berries
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Terrain Preserved Oat and Flax Wreath Now 29% Off $70 at Anthropologie The rich browns and oranges of this wreath—handmade of salal leaves, oats, phalaris, and flax pods that were grown on an independent farm in Mexico—create maximum drama.
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Jessica Cherner, housebeautiful.com, 6 June 2023
The technicians offered the nymphs a buffet of fragrant guava, bramble and salal leaves.
—New York Times, 1 Dec. 2020
For instance, plants that grow in the shade of the forest – such as salal and evergreen huckleberry – don’t want the full-sun, prairie conditions required by camas and meadow checkerbloom.
—oregonlive, 6 Jan. 2020
This week, readers ask for advice on controlling creeping bamboo and salal, for starters.
—OregonLive.com, 21 Oct. 2017
Late spring is time for the white bells of salal, intermingled with uncurling fronds of new ferns, and one of my favorites: tiny starflowers, with their single pinkish-white, seven-pointed star shining from a cluster of deep green leaves.
—Brian J. Cantwell, The Seattle Times, 7 June 2017
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Jessica Cherner, housebeautiful.com, 6 June 2023
The technicians offered the nymphs a buffet of fragrant guava, bramble and salal leaves.
—New York Times, 1 Dec. 2020
For instance, plants that grow in the shade of the forest – such as salal and evergreen huckleberry – don’t want the full-sun, prairie conditions required by camas and meadow checkerbloom.
—oregonlive, 6 Jan. 2020
This week, readers ask for advice on controlling creeping bamboo and salal, for starters.
—OregonLive.com, 21 Oct. 2017
Late spring is time for the white bells of salal, intermingled with uncurling fronds of new ferns, and one of my favorites: tiny starflowers, with their single pinkish-white, seven-pointed star shining from a cluster of deep green leaves.
—Brian J. Cantwell, The Seattle Times, 7 June 2017
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“Salal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salal. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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