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Broadleaf Endive
Healthy and tasty endives look like a head of lettuce and have wide, curly leaves. It has a slightly spicy taste and therefore goes well with summer salads. Plant seeds early or late in the season for tender leaves to avoid the blazing sun. Endive is a chicory family member and is thought to come from Egypt or the Mediterranean. Pliny the Elder claimed... -
Royal Oakleaf Lettuce
Royal oakleaf lettuce is very similar in appearance to standard green oakleaf lettuce but is heat tolerant and does not sour with external weather changes. It can remain uncut for a very long time, which allows it to be collected gradually. The forerunner of modern lettuce comes from Asia Minor. Herodotus wrote that Persian kings ate royal oak lettuce in the 6th century, and... -
Prizehead Lettuce
Sweet and crunchy, delicious and healthy, lettuce is easy to grow in your garden. Beautiful purple-bronze fringes over green leaves look very bright and tasty. The lettuce matures in 45 days and is best suited for making salads.The history of wild lettuce takes us to Asia Minor, where it was first served at the table. Then, thanks to the writings of Herodotus, we know... -
Sorrel
Perennial sorrel leaves grow up to 8 inches long and produce some of the earliest green crops in spring. It has a slightly spicy lemon flavor that adds zest to salads and soups, goes well with fish, and has a strong aroma.Europeans have been using this versatile plant since the 17th century. It was previously prized for its excellent source of vitamins and nutrients... -
Green Leaf Lettuce
GREEN LEAF LETTUCE ABOUT THE PLANT: Description:: Lettuces can generally be placed in one of four categories: looseleaf, butterhead, crisphead, and romaine. Green Leaf lettuce is loose-leaved lettuce with frilly, light green, tender-crisp leaves and has a shallow root system. The flavor is mild. It is high in vitamins A and K. Matures in 45-65 days. Origin: Green Leaf lettuce is native to the... -
Bibb Lettuce
BIBB ABOUT THE PLANT: Description: Lettuces can generally be placed in one of four categories: looseleaf, butterhead, crisphead, and romaine. Bibb is a butterhead type. It forms a loose rosette-shaped head with light to medium green, cup-shaped leaves. The leaves are soft, tender, and buttery in texture. Origin: Lettuce originated in the eastern Mediterranean and western Asia. A historical marker in Frankfort, Kentucky notes... -
Collard
Cabbage has a uniform and compact growth, soft taste. Cabbage greens are used for cooking, canning, and freezing. The leaves are frost-hardy and mature in 75 days.Collard sometimes referred to as wild or non-cabbage, probably comes from Asia Minor and the Mediterranean. History is confused about how the collard appeared in Europe as to whether it was introduced there by the Romans or the... -
Curled Ruffec Endive
Curled Ruffec Endive It is believed that Endive, a member of the chicory family, comes from Egypt or the Mediterranean. The leaves ripen in 50-100 days and have a nutty and bitter taste. Harvest when the leaves are at full height, leaving 1″ for the plant to grow back. The leaves are most commonly used in salads but are also great for cooking and... -
Radicchio
Radicchio Italian chicory or Radicchio, developed by Italians in the 1950s, boasts bright ruby leaves that form a solid round head. It can be compared to a mixture of cabbage and lettuce; it has a bitter-spicy taste. It is an excellent addition to green salad or casseroles. Hardy and grows well in cool weather, light frost makes it sweet, and intense heat causes bitterness... -
Curled Cress
Curled Cress Garden Curled Cress with small dark green curled leaves has a spicy flavor. The seeds germinate in 10 days, and the sprouts add a piquant spicy flavor to sandwiches and salads. As a member of the mustard family, Curled Cress is used for various medicinal and culinary purposes.Curled Cress, native to the Middle East, where it has been grown since about 400... -
Mizuna
Mizuna This slightly peppery salad green has been known and loved in Asia for centuries and is especially popular in Japanese cuisine. Mizuna, known in Japan as "kyona", is Japanese for "aquatic green" due to the light and humid conditions in the garden, ideal for growing from seed. The leaves are added to stews, soups, or salads. The plant tolerates low temperatures well. Bright... -
Mache
Mache It can be grown as a microgreen, baby green, or adult salad. Corn salad is a very hardy crop that grows well and quickly, even in cool weather; this is very soft and tender greens. Its leaves, with a mild nutty flavor, perfectly complement salads and side dishes. Sow these Dutch Corn Lettuce seeds every two weeks to ensure a stable harvest. It... -
Curled Mustard
Curled Mustard Southern Giant Curled has a mild flavor when grоwn in cool weather and makes a great addition to your salad, soup, or pie. These fast-growing plants mature in 45 days, have excellent curl resistance and produce large, frilly green leaves. In addition, Southern Giant Curled has good resistance to cold weather. It has large, bright green fringed and curled leaves with a... -
Swiss Chard
Swiss Chard The leaves have a slightly bitter spinach-like flavor and a fresh crunchy texture. This plant produces good yields with dark green shiny leaves with ruby red stems and veins. The plants grow up to 24″ tall, and their delicious leaves with a unique flavor are suitable for salads and are steamed with other vegetables and herbs. It can also be used frozen.... -
Romaine Lettuce
ROMAINE LETTUCE ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Lettuces can generally be placed in one of four categories: looseleaf, butterhead, crisphead, and romaine. This lettuce, Parris Island Cos, is a romaine type. It has medium green, slightly crinkled leaves with crisp ribs, and a buttery-textured green heart. It has the highest nutritional value of our salad varieties! It is rich in vitamins C, K, and A... -
Iceberg Lettuce
Iceberg Lettuce ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Lettuces can generally be placed in one of four categories: looseleaf, butterhead, crisphead, and romaine. Iceberg is a crisphead type having large uniform crisp leaves that grow in a spherical head resembling cabbage. A mature iceberg lettuce head can grow up to one foot in diameter. Iceberg has a mellow and mild taste and a firm, crunchy texture.... -
Cimarron Red Lettuce
CIMARRON RED LETTUCE ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Lettuces can generally be placed in one of four categories: looseleaf, butterhead, crisphead, and romaine. Cimarron lettuce is a romaine type. It has bright green-red leaves that graduate to deep red tips. It forms loose heads of crispy leaves 10 to 12 inches in height. It is crisp and tender with a pleasant, mild taste. It is... -
Oakleaf Green Lettuce
Oakleaf Green Lettuce ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Lettuces can generally be placed in one of four categories: looseleaf, butterhead, crisphead, and romaine. This lettuce forms a medium to large loose-leaf rosette of deeply lobed, bright green leaves that resemble the leaves of oak trees. It has a shallow root system. The leaves are mild, sweet, and nutty, though, with age, some bitterness may be...
