(Looseleaf Lettuce)

The looseleaf lettuce, ‘Green Ice’, produces crisp, crinkly, bright green leaves in loose heads that are heat tolerant and slow to bolt. This is a great variety to replant for continuous harvest. It is very fast-growing; the leaves are ready to harvest 30 days after planting and heads can be harvested in 45 days.

Lettuce is a cool season, annual vegetable and there are many forms, colors and types. Loosehead or butterhead lettuce is a garden favorite with smooth, thin, buttery leaves and looser...

(Looseleaf Lettuce, Oakleaf Lettuce)

Looseleaf lettuce is one of the easiest to grow in home gardens. The very old heirloom, ‘Green Oakleaf’, was introduced in the 1800’s or earlier and is still popular today. Its attractive, lobed green leaves form an open rosette and have a mild, delicious flavor, even when subjected to midsummer heat. It can be harvested continuously through the season if planted in succession. The leaves are ready to harvest in 40 to 50 days and the heads 60 to 65 days after planting.

Looseleaf lettuce is...

(Cos Lettuce, Romaine Lettuce)

Dense upright heads, dark green leaves and good disease resistance has made ‘Green Towers’ an all around favorite romaine lettuce for home gardeners and farmers. In fact, it is the industry standard for commercial production. It is tolerant of heat and mild drought but still performs best in cool, temperate weather. The leaves or heads are ready for harvest in 55 to 60 days after planting.

Lettuce is a cool season, annual vegetable and there are many forms, colors and types. Romaine (Cos) 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...

(Cos Lettuice, Dwarf Romaine Lettuce)

Compact and delicious, 'Little Gem' bears tight upright heads of curled emerald-green leaves that are crisp like romaine but heavy-textured like a butterhead. The central "head" is surrounded by a ruff of larger, flatter outer leaves. The average head fits easily on a salad plate.

This variety takes a mere 50 days from sowing to harvest. Successive plantings every 10 to 14 days will yield a season-long harvest, except for during the hottest days of summer.

Lettuce is an annual garden green...

(Garden Lettuce, Lolla Rossa Lettuce, Looseleaf Lettuce)

Densely curly, glossy, red leaves make this flavorful looseleaf lettuce a longtime garden favorite for home gardeners. The moderately heat tolerant heirloom variety is a great candidate for continual harvest, if planted in succession. The leaves are ready for harvest in 40 to 50 days and heads 60 days after planting. It’s as ornamental as it is delicious, so it’s a favored choice for edible landscaping.

Loosehead or butterhead lettuce is an annual garden green grown for its smooth, thin, buttery...

(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...