Lettuce Seeds
Sowing suggestions for lettuce seeds
Shallow sow lettuce seeds in drills 30cm apart, or sow in modules and transplant to final position. Summer crop: sow from March outdoors, or early Feb indoors, protect from frost. For an autumn/winter crop sow in early August. For late winter/early spring crop sow in September/October. CHOOSE AN APPROPRIATE VARIETY FOR THE SEASON
Crop History
Lettuce is said to have its bitter wild ancestors in the region of the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean. There is evidence that lettuces were grown in ancient Egypt more than 6,000 years ago; originally as an oilseed crop and the milky secretion as aphrodisiac. During the Roman era it was already eaten in a similar way to how we know it today: with salt, pepper, vinegar and oil.
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Winter lettuce (2)
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Batavia (1)
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Butterhead (4)
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Cos (3)
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Loose leaf (9)
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Lettuce – Little Gem “Maureen” (Organic)
Price range: £2.20 through £4.00 Add to basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageLettuce – Little Gem “Maureen” (Organic)
A firm favourite cos lettuce that has been grown by gardeners for centuries. Maureen is a superb selection of Little Gem with resistance to Downy Mildew, tipburn and Bremia BL.
The plants are quick to mature and resistant to bolting. They form neat heads of a brilliant green colour with extremely sweet and flavoursome, crunchy leaves forming a tightly filled heart.
This is our first choice of lettuce, it’s simply one of the best lettuces to grow whether you’re growing it in a garden or a larger scale.
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Lettuce – Wild Garden Mix (Organic)
Price range: £2.00 through £4.00 Add to basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageLettuce – Wild Garden Mix (Organic)
Unique mixture of different attractive and tasty lettuces. This is a funky blend of all sorts of lettuces that have been bred and are being bred by our favourite seed company in the United States, Wild Garden Seed.
“Instant lettuce diversity for cut salad or fresh market racks” is how they describe it on their website. “This is by far the most popular mix (…). Go crazy with lettuce phenotypics.”
This is our absolute number one lettuce mix with an immense variety of fantastic colourful lettuces. No matter what you’re looking for in a lettuce, you’ll find it in this mix and more!
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Lettuce – Outredgeous (Organic)
£1.80 Add to basketLettuce – Outredgeous (Organic)
Stunning deep red coloured lettuce with a crisp texture and sweet flavour (this variety was the first plant to be grown in space!). In 2014 Outredgeous became the first lettuce ever to be grown in space on the International Space Station due to its reliability and because it is so easy to grow.
It’s an upright cut salad that forms a loose romaine head at maturity. An outrage of red in your salad bowl makes this a firm favourite for gardeners and growers.
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Winter Lettuce – Valdor (Organic)
£1.98 Add to basketWinter Lettuce – Valdor (Organic)
A green winter-hardy butterhead lettuce with great taste and texture. We wanted to include Valdor amongst our lettuces because it is simply one of the best winter lettuces there is. It forms tight medium-sized heads with the classic look of a butterhead. Sown in September, it can be cultivated outside or undercover for continuous picking or left to mature for an early spring harvest.
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Winter Lettuce – Grenoble Red (Organic)
Price range: £1.98 through £4.00 Add to basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageWinter Lettuce – Grenoble Red (Organic)
Robust Batavia variety forming a loose head with slightly frilled, maroon tinged leaves. Grenoble Red or Rouge Grenobloise is a Batavian heirloom lettuce with waffled leaves that are tinged with a maroon colour. It’s tolerant to the cold and has an ability to grow for longer than most varieties when its outer leaves are repeatedly picked off. While it is an excellent winter variety, it can also be sown in the spring and summer too.
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Lettuce – Moonred (Organic)
£1.95 Add to basketLettuce – Moonred (Organic)
A little gem type lettuce with deep red tops to the leaves graduating to a bright green at the base. Also known as Red Little Gem, this is a stunning variety producing small compact heads which are aesthetically beautiful, deliciously sweet and with the same crunchy freshness of standard little gem.
(Approximate seed count – 250)£1.95 -
Lettuce – Marvel of Four Seasons (Organic)
Price range: £1.98 through £3.00 Add to basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageLettuce – Marvel of Four Seasons (Organic)
French butterhead with the ability to be harvested in all seasons. Marvel of Four Seasons is one great heritage variety. It is as pretty as it is tasty, crisp in texture and vigorous in growth.
It is slow to bolt and tolerant of low temperatures making it suitable for an extended growing season. The solid green head is tinged with red, bronze and burgundy colours. In cooler spring and autumn weather its colours will intensify and make it even more beautiful.
This lettuce is easy to grow and has been cultivated in kitchen gardens for centuries.
(Approximate seed count – 250)Price range: £1.98 through £3.00 -
Lettuce – Ruffled Soul (Organic)
£2.00 Add to basketLettuce – Ruffled Soul (Organic)
Deep red, ruffled leaves, very suitable for repeated harvests. The most attractive lettuce I grew in 2018, it contrasts brilliantly with other leaves in a mixed salad. Bred by Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seed this lettuce is very suitable for repeated harvests since it is slow to bolt and the leaves do not get too big.
Guest description by our friend Dan from Chagfood CSA!
(Approximate seed count – 175)£2.00 -
Lettuce – Really Red Deer Tongue (Organic)
Price range: £1.80 through £3.90 Add to basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageLettuce – Really Red Deer Tongue (Organic)
Very dark red loose-leaf variety, with striking arrow-shaped leaves. This is definitely one of our favourite varieties of lettuce. It is productive and easy to harvest as well as being crunchy and extremely tasty. It adds a real depth of colour to any salad with leaves that are almost black!
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Lettuce – Red Solix (Organic)
£1.98 Add to basketLettuce – Red Solix (Organic)
A vigorous dark red oak-leaf variety with upright leaves. Red Solix is a fantastic variety, cropping large amounts of fresh and crunchy leaves over a long harvest period. It makes a fantastic addition to the summer salad bowl.
(Approximate seed count – 250)
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Lettuce – Flashy Lightning Butter-Oak (Organic)
Price range: £1.95 through £3.90 Add to basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageLettuce – Flashy Lightning Butter-Oak (Organic)
A quick-maturing butterhead lettuce with dashes of maroon on its dark green leaves. Exquisitely mild, juicy and sweet with a silky texture. This is a masterpiece of lettuce breeding from Wild Garden Seed in Oregon, USA. We are extremely happy to offer this variety in our catalogue as it combines all the goodness one can find in a lettuce.
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Lettuce – Olga (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2026***
£2.10 Add to basketLettuce – Olga (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2026***
A light green frilly edged lettuce with a glossy crisp leaf. They are very sweet, crisp and nutty with a hint of butter. Great performance in the cold and heat.
(Approximate seed count – 300)£2.10
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