Lamb’s lettuce is a nutritious heirloom dark green weedy plant known to grow wild in North America and Europe. Nowadays it is easily cultivated from seed. This leafy green vegetable is also recognized by its other names mâche, vineyard lettuce, corn salad, common corn salad, fetticus, feldsalat, nut lettuce or field salad. It is a low maintenance plant that is easy to grow in the home garden.
Red sails lettuce is an attractive looking heirloom open-pollinated loose leaf lettuce variety characterized by dark-red crinkled leaves with green sections. It is an All America Selections (AAS) winner from 1985 which is slow to wilt and slow to bolt. This cut-and-come-again variety is easy to grow in the home garden and can also be cultivated in pots and containers.
Red lettuce also known as red leaf lettuce is a functional vegetable of botanic name Lactuca sativa and a member of the Asteraceae family. The name red lettuce represents a collection of a variety of red to dark red loose leaf lettuces with frill looking broad curly leaves. Red lettuce is easy to grow and is used in salad mixes and mostly consumed raw.
Baby lettuce refers to a range of lettuce cultivars that are harvested for use as specialty produce before reaching full maturity. This type of lettuce can also be produced by reducing spacing between plants. Baby lettuces are typically small in size, and when harvested early, are tender and in some cases lighter than the fully grown lettuces. Baby lettuces can be derived from romaine lettuce, leaf lettuce, butterhead and crisphead lettuce varieties.
Little Gem Lettuce is an English heirloom romaine lettuce cultivar. It is a “cross” between romaine and butterhead lettuce types. The alternative names for Little Gem are Sugar Cos or Sucrine which is French for sugar. This lettuce variety is sometimes sold as “hearts” with the outer leaves removed for convenience. Little Gem lettuce matures in 50 days. It is an easy to grow crop suitable for growing in compact spaces, patio pots and containers.
Green leaf lettuce or leaf lettuce (crispa) is an omnibus name for a handful of loose leaf gourmet lettuce varieties which are members of the Asteraceae family. Leaf lettuce is a vegetable which grows upright in an elongated manner and does not form a head or bulb. It emanates from a single stock and has a wide curly loose top characterized by attractive generally bright green leaves. Some leaf lettuces are cut-and-come-again varieties.
