LEMON LEAF x BUNCH

Availability : Year-round.
Shelf Life: 20 - 24 Days
Flower Color : Not applicable.
Sold by: bunches
bunches: avg. 25 stms per bunch

Botanical Name :Gaultheria shallon
Common Name : Salal, Lemonleaf
Product Use : Cut Green/Filler
Pronunciation : gawl-THEER-ee-a sha-LON
Family Roots : Member of the Ericaceae (heath family).

Native to the Pacific Northwest and up to Alaska.

Common relatives include heath, kalmia, blueberry and heather.

Personality : Leaves are lemon- or egg-shaped with toothed margins, up to 4 inches long. Hence, the common name of Lemonleaf was given to this plant.

Branches are woody, twigs are light red in color and have a conspicuous zigzag pattern between each leaf node.

Plant is an evergreen shrub up to 12 (more commonly 5) feet, classed as a dicotyledon, leaves not parallel veined.

Care and Handling: Remove bottom leaves if present, recut stems under water or in air and place into a hydration or flower food solution

Tidbits :Named after Dr. Gaulthier (1708-1758), a physician and botanist in Quebec.

First harvested for the floral industry in the late 1940s but took about 15 years to become an industry favorite, replacing red huckleberry as the number one florist greenery from the Northwest.

Typical areas of good growth are under timber stands that provide about 50% light. They often respond quickly to new openings created by building roads and/or timber harvesting.

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