Growing Guides

Broadleaf endive is the escarole type, forming a broad, open rosette of wide, slightly wavy green leaves. Maturing in about 85 days, it is a cool-season crop grown mainly for a fall harvest, when the weather keeps its flavor mild...

Royal Oakleaf is an improved oakleaf lettuce, bred to be more heat-tolerant and slower to bolt than the original while keeping the same tender, lobed leaves and sweet flavor. That extra staying power makes it one of the better loose-leaf...

Prizehead is an old-fashioned loose-leaf lettuce with big, frilly, red-tinged leaves that are among the sweetest and most tender you can grow. It grows fast, harvests cut-and-come-again, and brings both beautiful color and delicate flavor to the salad bowl. Here...

Sorrel is a hardy perennial green with bright, tangy, lemony leaves that add a citrusy lift to salads, soups, and sauces. This guide covers how to grow sorrel from seed, from an easy spring direct sowing to cut-and-come-again harvesting all...

Green Leaf is a fast, frilly bright-green loose-leaf lettuce of the Grand Rapids or Black Seeded Simpson type, and it is about as easy as lettuce gets. It germinates quickly, grows fast, and is endlessly productive when picked leaf by...

Bibb is the gourmet butterhead prized by cooks, forming a small, loose head of soft, sweet, buttery leaves. It grows quickly, stays compact enough for containers and tight spaces, and rewards you with delicate leaves perfect for elegant salads and...

Collards are one of the most forgiving and generous greens you can grow, and a single planting can hand you tender leaves for months. This guide covers how to grow collards from seed, from direct sowing and thinning to the...

Endive (Cichorium endivia) is a family of cool-season chicories grown for tender, faintly bitter salad greens. It comes in two main forms: curled or frisee types, like Green Curled Ruffec, with frilly, finely cut leaves in a wide, lacy rosette,...

Radicchio (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) is a leaf chicory grown for its tight, burgundy-red heads streaked with white veins. It looks like a small red cabbage but belongs to the same family as endive and dandelion, which is where its...