A slightly larger Little Gem with its similarly renowned taste. The leaves are more 'bubbled' giving it a distinctive appearance. Mature about 11 weeks from sowing, with delicious, crisp, 'romaine' hearts. Hearts stand well in condition and withstand hot summer weather. Prefers a moist, well-drained soil in full sun.
Indispensable salad plant, regularly included in mixed leaves in supermarket packs, but also tasty as a steamed vegetable. The rich green, slightly nutty but mild-flavoured leaves are packed with vitamins and nutrients.
A Little Gem type with smoother, darker green leaves.Good uniformity, compact habit and prolonged harvest.
Supersedes our very popular 'Chartwell'. 'Claremont' is of equal flavour with increased downy mildew resistance and heads stand well without bolting during hot weather.
A breeding breakthrough five years in the making! This unique Iceberg x Romaine cos, combines the sweetness and crunch of Iceberg with the dark leaf colour and nutritional qualities of Romaine. Excellent downy mildew resistance.
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Truly outstanding in our trials, this voluminous green-leaved lettuce produces an abundance of thick, crunchy leaves that you can keep on picking all summer. As an added bonus, Mazur is tipburn and bolting tolerant and offers excellent resistance to downy mildew. Height: 20cm (8). Spread: 30cm (12).
A loose-leaf type with soft wavy edges, this Organic Lettuce 'Red & Green Salad Bowl Mixed' provides you with both colours for varied pickings throughout summer. Sow successively for a long-lasting harvest of fresh salad leaves.
Organic Lettuce 'Sylvesta? is a butterhead type which forms a good sized head of thick, flavoursome green leaves. Showing resistance to mildew and aphid, sow this variety successively and you can enjoy a reliable outdoor crop from spring through to late summer.
This reliable cut and come again variety will provide you with a rewardingly long harvest of tasty, crunchy salad leaves. Salad is always best eaten freshly picked for optimum texture and flavour - with successive sowings, Lettuce 'Valmaine' will treat you to an ongoing supply of fresh green leaves to harvest repeatedly throughout summer and into autumn.
Towering spires of fully double blooms make a sensational display, rising up to 180cm (6')! These hardy perennials are guaranteed to bring the wow facter to your garden - they make phenomenal cut flowers for summer bouquets too.