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.
A fabulous tiny Butterhead lettuce that is perfectly proportioned for individual salads. Remarkably quick maturing, Lettuce 'Tom Thumb' produces solid heads of deliciously soft and juicy leaves that can be grown just 15cm (6) apart. Its tiny size and good vigour make this an ideal variety for early crops under cloches for the earliest harvests. Sow successively for an ongoing supply throughout summer. Height and spread: 15cm (6)
The smallest lettuce. Fast-growing to around 15cm (6in), it?s compact habit makes it ideal for smaller gardens and patio planters. Heads will store up to 2 weeks in a refrigerator. Height and spread: 15cm (6).
Lettuce 'Ultimate Mixed' contains a range of colours, tastes and textures, with both leaf and hearting types, for harvest throughout summer and autumn. This exciting mix of named varieties has excellent aphid and mildew resistance, making it ideal for producing top quality lettuce leaves without the need for chemical sprays. Height and spread: 30cm (12).
A reliable, simple, productive and space-saving method which can be tailored to your weekly requirements. Early sowings of Lettuce Valamaine should mature in about 60 days, mid-season sowings in about 40 days. Lettuce Valamaine is specially chosen because the young leaves have no bitterness.
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.
This baby lettuce is one of the most heat tolerant varieties you'll grow, with little risk of bolting. A unique cross combines the best of both iceberg and cos varieties - dense crunchy hearts are wrapped in attractive looser leaves. Mature heads are ready in around 75 days. Alternatively grow for baby leaves.
Still the premier garden lettuce in most people's vegetable patch. Iceberg Lettuce Webbs Wonderful has large, wrinkled leaves with a big tight centre of crisp, white leaf. An outstanding Iceberg Lettuce whether the summer is wet or dry, Webbs Wonderful is always slow to run to seed.
Popular variety of lettuce and great ?all-rounder?. Large, crinkly leaved, with a tight-centre and fresh crisp taste. Ideal for salads and sandwiches, whatever the growing weather. Height: 20cm (8). Spread: 30cm (12).
Grow this lettuce over winter, as it?s exceptionally cold resistant. Large heads of light green leaves, with a tasty flavour, will be ready to harvest in mid-spring. Height: 20cm (8). Spread: 25cm (10).
A specially bred Little Gem Cos for sowing from September to January and for growing in a unheated greenhouse or in a cold frame for overwinter production (not suitable for growing outdoors). Lettuce Winter Gem has delicious small, crunchy, sweet hearts equal in taste to Little Gem, will be ready to harvest from January onwards, for use in winter salads
An attractive, large, semi hearting, reddish tinged 'butterhead'. When cut in half, Lettuce Yugoslavian Red exposes a solid bright greeny yellow centre with a mild flavour. Lettuce Yugoslavian Red makes an eye-catching addition to the kitchen garden, flower border and salad bowl.