(Butterhead Lettuce, Marvel of Four Seasons Butterhead Lettuce)

An heirloom butterhead lettuce from France, 'Marvel of Four Seasons' produces loose heads of crinkled, red-tinged, apple-green leaves that hold their flavor through the heat of summer.

This French heirloom variety grows from seed to harvest in about 50 days. Successive plantings every two weeks will yield a season-long harvest in all but the harshest summers.

Butterhead lettuce is a cold-hardy annual garden vegetable grown for its crisp, tasty, buttery-textured foliage. Plants have a collar...

(Looseleaf Lettuce, Mascara Looseleaf Lettuce)

A looseleaf lettuce that holds its mild flavor and deep red color through the heat of summer, 'Mascara' makes an excellent addition to the ornamental or culinary garden.

The deeply lobed, "oakleaf"-type leaves of 'Mascara' form a loose clump rather than a dense head. The burgundy-red hues are strongest in cool weather. Ready to harvest as baby greens about a month after sowing, 'Mascara' reaches full size about 30 days later. Successive plantings every two weeks will yield a continuous harvest....

(Looseleaf Lettuce)

Growing fresh crispy lettuce in the garden is as easy as 1-2-3 if you have good soil and the right climate. This fast growing cool season annual is relished for its crisp heads of tasty sweet foliage.

Lettuce originates from Northern Europe, Africa and Asia and is known to have been eaten by the Ancient Egyptians and Romans. The wild lettuce species, Lactuca serriola, is the parent to all cultivated lettuce and has sparse rosettes of foliage, but over time it was selected and bred to...

(Looseleaf Lettuce)

An All-American Selection winner in 1985, 'Red Sails' is flavorful, high-performing looseleaf lettuce that produces rosettes of broad, puckered leaves of green edged in red. This early producing lettuce has a mild flavor and pleasing, buttery texture. It is heat tolerant and slow to bolt, so it is a good variety for continual harvest, if planted in succession. The leaves are ready for harvest in 45 days after planting. This is also a favorite for edible landscaping because it’s as ornamental as it...

(Red Oakleaf Lettuce)

A red variant of the 1952 All-American Selection winner, ‘Salad Bowl’, 'Red Salad Bowl' is flavorful, high-performing looseleaf lettuce that produces rosettes of reddish, ruffled, oak-shaped leaves with a mild flavor and pleasing texture. It is heat tolerant and slow to bolt, which makes it a good variety for continual harvest, if planted in succession. Full-sized heads are ready to harvest 51 to 55 days after planting. Many favor it for edible landscaping because it’s as ornamental as it is delicious.

Loosehead...

(Garden Lettuce, Red Velvet Garden Lettuce)

The lettuce variety 'Red Velvet' forms handsome, bolt-resistant rosettes of ruffled, maroon-red leaves with green undersides.

This looseleaf lettuce grows from seed to harvest in about 55 days. Successive plantings every two weeks will yield a continual harvest as long as moderate weather prevails.

Looseleaf lettuce is a cold-hardy annual vegetable grown for its crisp tasty leaves that occur in loose clumps (rather than dense heads). In hot weather, the whole leafy clump elongates and becomes...

(Batavia, Crisphead Lettuce, Iceberg Lettuce, Queen of the Ice Lettuce, Reine Des Glaces Lettuce)

A French heirloom variety of crisphead or iceberg lettuce, 'Reine des Glaces' develops a dense head of jagged, rich-green leaves that hold their crispness and flavor in hot weather. The plants are also relatively bolt-resistant.

This variety grows from seed to maturity in about 65 days. Leaves of immature plants can be used for "baby greens." Successive plantings every two weeks will yield a continual harvest as long as moderate weather prevails.

Crisphead/iceberg lettuce is an annual garden...

(Looseleaf Lettuce, Revolution Redleaf Lettuce)

Growing fresh crispy lettuce in the garden is as easy as 1-2-3 if you have good soil and the right climate. This fast growing cool season annual is relished for its crisp heads of tasty sweet foliage.

Lettuce originates from Northern Europe, Africa and Asia and is known to have been eaten by the Ancient Egyptians and Romans. The wild lettuce species, Lactuca serriola, is the parent to all cultivated lettuce and has sparse rosettes of foliage, but over time it was selected and bred to...

(Butterhead Lettuce, Rhapsody Butterhead Lettuce)

Developed primarily for commercial growers, this butterhead lettuce has slightly puckered, rich-green leaves. It is resistant to tipburn, downy mildew, and lettuce mosaic virus. Plants grow from seed to harvest in about 60 days. Successive plantings every two weeks will yield a continual harvest as long as temperatures remain moderate.

Butterhead lettuce is a cold-hardy annual garden vegetable grown for its crisp, tasty, buttery-textured foliage. Plants have a collar of large, spreading leaves...

(Cos Lettuce, Romaine Lettuce)

Long popular in France, this romaine lettuce has light green leaves that blush bronze-red in cool sunny weather.

Heads of 'Rouge d'Hiver' lettuce mature about 60 days after seeds are sown. Leaves can be harvested for "baby greens" at about 30 days. Successive planting every two weeks will prolong the harvest season. The plants' appearance and flavor deteriorate in hot weather.

Romaine (Cos) lettuce is an annual garden vegetable grown for its dense elongated heads of thickly ribbed leaves...