Photo: Salal Flower

Arboreality has inspired me to resume posting pictures of my natural neighbours. Today I spotted this flower-like whorl of salal leaves. You may know this plant from your local flower shop. Its stiff, waxy leaves resist wilting and are evergreen, so salal is prized as commercial greenery. I think it looks beautiful on its own.

Comments

[JLB]

Hello Sylvia! Thank you for visiting Arboreality, and thank you for the link.

I really love your salal picture - isn't salal a wonderful plant?! I'm so pleased that I could offer a little inspiration to your day. Now I'm going to have some fun exploring your blog too. :)

[Sylvia]

Thanks for dropping by, JLB. You're right, salal is a wonderful plant. I want to put some in my poor excuse for a native plant garden (despite the fact that I live in the forest already--I can't get enough of native plants! :)