Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce

The Lettuce Leaf Black Seeded Simpson, 'Lactuca sativa', has a delicate flavor and the plant withstands heat, drought, and light frost. If you want to produce a fast lettuce crop, this is the variety. The Black Seeded Simpson is an old favorite, both because of it's flavor and because of it's earliness. The full sized leaves can be harvested in just a little over a month and "greens" can be harvested in 3 weeks. Lettuce grows well near cabbage, beets, carrots, chives, garlic, and onion.

The Arugula, Mizuna, Tatsol, Lettuce Summer Bibb, and the Lettuce Black Seeded Simpson. Lettuce is a cool season annual. Successive plantings can produce lettuce spring through fall. Plant in early spring, 3 to 4 weeks before the average last frost date, and successive plantings thereafter every 3 weeks until 5 weeks before fall frost. Lettuce likes light, fertile, moist, and well drained soils. They will grow in light shade. Lettuce grows well near cabbage, beets, carrots, chives, garlic, and onion.

The Lettuce Leaf Salad Bowl Blend, 'Lactuca sativa', is one of the most heat tolerant and bolt resistant leaf lettuces available. Red Salad Bowl is absolutely beautiful. The delicate, burgundy red, deeply lobed leaves are accentuated when grown with the long, wavy leaves of green salad bowl. It looks even better when served on the table! Red Salad Bowl color is even more intense during cool weather. They will grow in light shade. Lettuce grows well near cabbage, beets, carrots, chives, garlic, and onion.

The Feverfew, 'Tanacetum (Chrysanthemum) parthenium', displays charming clusters of small daisy-like flowers on aromatic bushy plants. The Feverfew has a long history as an herbal remedy and it is popular in Victorian gardens. Feverfew is a reliable, unfussy plant with masses of small white flowers on strong-scented ferny yellow-green foliage. Feverfew prefers well drained soils and moderate to low water conditions. Do not over water. Plant in full sun and deadhead regularly if you do not want to establish volunteer seeds for next year.