'Little Gem' is a dwarf cos lettuce, a leafy biennial usually grown as an annual. It produces small, dense, heads with a crisp, sweet heart from spring to autumn according to sowing date.
Lettuce - Romaine - Parris Island Cos - 50 seeds
50 seed count
Named after a small island off South Carolina, this heritage variety is a firm favourite due to its crisp, tasty leaves that are delicious in salads and sandwiches. It also boasts good bolt resistance, especially if given a little afternoon shade, and a reasonable resistance to lettuce mosaic virus. This upright variety can grow up to about 30cm tall and can be grown as ‘cut-and-come-again’ or left until a full heart is produced. Sow March – April, harvest June to October.
Lettuce - Lambs Lettuce - 75 seeds
75 seed count
An annual producing a rosette of soft, spoon-shaped, edible leaves up to 15cm long. Clusters of tiny, blue-white flowers are produced on upright stems in spring.
Lettuce - Salad Bowl - 70 seeds
70 seed count
The fresh lime green leaves of this light and crunchy lettuce shine out from the plot and are every bit as tasty as they look. Deeply-lobed, a little like an oak leaf, they are borne in profusion from a loose heart, so you can harvest the outer leaves over several weeks and it will continue producing more.