Lettuce
With very little space, growing Lettuce gives you a steady supply of wonderful salads from earliest spring until past frost. You can grow in in your garden or in containers. You'll have only a short hiatus in the hottest parts of summer, when this cool-season vegetable stops producing. Lettuce comes in four basic types: crisphead, butterhead, loose-leaf, and romaine. Crisphead types are also called iceberg. Butterhead Lettuces form smaller, looser heads. Loose-leaf Lettuce has an open growth pattern and doesn't form a head. Romaine Lettuce forms upright, cylindrical heads. Lettuce grows best at cool temperatures.
Buttercrunch
Buttercrunch is an extremely popular butterhead Lettuce with a luscious, buttery texture. The soft heads are creamy-yellow inside and has some heat tolerance. Best used in cooler regions. Best used directly after picking.
Height: 9-15 in. Width: 6 in. Days to Maturity: 60 Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Shade Summertime
The objective of Summertime Lettuce was to develop an iceberg Lettuce that would mature in summer’s heat without bolting or other diseases. Flavor is good & texture is very crisp, never becomes bitter. Great for the home garden.
Height: 9-15 in. Width: 6 in. Days to Maturity: 68 Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Great Lakes 659
Great Lakes 659 produces high yields of large crisphead Lettuce with crenated leaf edges and a heavy closed head. Very flavourful and never bitter. The crisp leaves are perfect for sandwiches, salads and garnishes. Very slow to bolt! Stores well if kept cool.
Height: 5-10 in. Width: 12 in. Days to Maturity: 83 Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Parris Island Cos
Parris Island Cos is the classic romaine Lettuce. Its compact, dark green rosette of tall, upright leaves is slightly curly with white hearts and has a crisp, sweet flavor. Slow to bolt. Grows best in full sun, but will tolerate partial shade.
Height: 12 in. Width: 12 in. Days to Maturity: 75 Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Simply Salad - Pre-Mixed Lettuce Bowls
Simply Salad lets you grow a well-balanced salad mix with just one container! Each pot contains a tasty, good-looking mix of greens that can be enjoyed as a delicious, nutritious edible and a colourful, mixed-textured ornamental - functional and beautiful! You will have a prepped and ready salad mix every three weeks when you cut it back to 2 in. and let it regrow. These Lettuce bowls perform best in full sun in cool weather or partial shade as temperatures warm up.
Alfresco Mix
Alfresco Mix is a tasty mix of red and green leaf Lettuces, Arugula, Endive and Radicchio that adds a flavorful Mediterranean flair to your menu. So easy to plant, they can be grown in either a pot or directly in the garden. Pre-mixed and ready to plant!
Height: 8-12 in. Width: 8-12 in. Days to Maturity: 35 Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Shade |
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Arugula
Originating in the Mediterranean area as an edible herb, Arugula has quickly become a popular salad staple in European and North American cuisine. It is a peppery salad green rich in vitamin C and potassium. Young leaves taste the best, however some do like the stronger flavour of the leaves and harvest after they bolt. You can sauté or steam them like spinach or other leafy greens.
Rocket
Rocket Arugula is by far the most popular Arugula variety and typically the one found in your local supermarket or favorite restaurant. Rocket is a very attractive lush green Arugula with serrated leaves. A fabulously peppery addition to salads and sandwiches.
Height: 12-14 in. Width: 6 in. Days to Maturity: 40 Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Shade |