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
Lettuce growing calendar
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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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Loose leaf (9)
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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.
(Approximate seed count – 250)
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Lettuce – Little Gem “Maureen” (Organic)
£2.20 Add to basketLettuce – 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.
(Approximate seed count – 225)£2.20 -
Lettuce – Flashy Lightning Butter-Oak (Organic)
£2.00 – £3.90 Select optionsLettuce – 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 – Flashy Butter Oak (Organic)
£2.00 Add to basketLettuce – Flashy Butter Oak (Organic)
A very pretty and vigorous oakleaf lettuce with dark red splashes all over pale green leaves. This lettuce was bred by Wild Garden Seed in Oregon, USA. It is an open-pollinated variety that was introduced in 2005. It is very versatile, can be picked as baby green, baby head, at full maturity or one leaf at the time. The texture is crispy and smooth, with a delicate and sweet flavour.
(Approximate seed count – 193)£2.00 -
Lettuce – Little Leprechaun (Organic)
£2.50 Add to basketLettuce – Little Leprechaun (Organic)
A small to medium sized dark red-maroon flushed cos lettuce with crunchy leaves forming a tight centre. Cos or romaine lettuces are probably one of the oldest types of cultivated lettuce, originating in the Mediterranean. Little Leprechaun is popular as a salad leaf crop forming a compact, upright, dense lettuce with crunchy and tasty leaves, slightly tangy and very delicious. It can be grown outdoors throughout the growing season and is an old-time favourite amongst growers, gardeners and us.
(Approximate seed count – 300)£2.50 -
Lettuce – Really Red Deer Tongue (Organic)
£2.00 Out of StockLettuce – 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!
(Approximate seed count – 175)
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Lettuce – Marvel of Four Seasons (Organic)
£1.98 – £3.00 Select optionsLettuce – 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)£1.98 – £3.00 -
Lettuce – Fine Speckled Oak (Organic)
£2.00 Add to basketLettuce – Fine Speckled Oak (Organic)
Fantastic and unusual oak-leaf lettuce, covered thickly in fine speckles of crimson. Fine Speckled Oak was one of Fred’s favourites in our 2018 lettuce trials. It was super healthy and had very consistent growth throughout the population. At full maturity it forms a dense colourful heart. An attractive and vigorous lettuce bred by Wild Garden Seed in Oregon, USA, that we are very pleased to offer in our catalogue.
(Approximate seed count – 175)£2.00 -
Lettuce – Elf Ears Oak (Organic)
£2.00 – £3.90 Select optionsLettuce – Elf Ears Oak (Organic)
An oak-leaf lettuce with pointy elongated ‘ear’ tips and a crispy texture. Elf Ears Oak is a tasty and beautiful lettuce with slightly savoyed leaves that have an elongated tip and a dense compact heart. The leaves almost resemble a dandelion in terms of shape but the good taste, sweetness and crunch make it a superior salad ingredient. It was bred by Frank Morten from Wild Garden Seed in Oregon, USA.
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Lettuce – Wild Garden Mix (Organic)
£2.00 Out of StockLettuce – 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!
(Approximate seed count – 200)£2.00 -
Winter Lettuce – Grenoble Red (Organic)
£1.98 Out of StockWinter 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.
(Approximate seed count – 200)
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Lettuce – Red Salad Bowl (Organic)
£1.98 – £3.00 Select optionsLettuce – Red Salad Bowl (Organic)
Fast growing lettuce with long, burgundy red and deeply cut leaves.. This lettuce is known for its excellent taste and resistance to bolt. It has a non-heading growth habit with sweet, succulent oakleaf type leaves. We love it for its tenderness and cheerfulness in salads. As the name suggests one lettuce is usually enough to fill a whole salad bowl.
Best grown in spring, early summer and fall. However it can be grown in the hotter summer months too as it’s slow to bolt.
‘Red Salad Bowl’ was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit (AGM) in 1993.
(Approximate seed count – 250)£1.98 – £3.00
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