Red Sails Leaf Lettuce

The Lettuce Romaine Cimmaron, 'Lactuca sativa', is an extremely cold and heat hardy romaine. Are you a Caesar salad fan? Cimmaron Romaine is a great Caesar salad lettuce that is very sweet. This romaine is worth trying with its wonderful mix of green, red, and bronze foliage. Cimmaron Romaine is extra cold and heat resistant which adds length to your eating season and the nice sweet taste adds flavor to your salad. Cimmaron is quite beautiful and can be planted as an ornamental and it is a good container variety.

The Lettuce Red Sails, 'Lactuca sativa', is an All America Winner. This leaf lettuce has it all: heat and bolt resistance, fast growth, pretty foliage, and a great flavor. Leaf lettuce lovers will love Red Sails for its quick maturing (45 days) and its wonderful flavor. It is very heat resistant so it can be enjoyed most of the year. Red Sails display a leaf color of deep red-bronze. This lettuce can also be grown inside in containers and is so beautiful it can be used in borders and edging.

The Bitter Melon Short Fu Qwa, Foo-Gwa, 'Momordica charantia', is widely used in the Orient. You will quickly enjoy its bitter flavor. It is refreshing, cooling, and a compliment to beef, poultry, and seafood. The Bitter Melon is also called a Balsam Pear. The bitter flavor of bitter melon is due to quinine, and is a taste that is quickly acquired by adults and kids. Keep the plant moist but not soggy. Harvest the fruit when they are no longer than 6 inches and are still light green in color.

The Burnet Salad, 'Peterium sanguisorba', has refreshing, light cucumber flavored leaves that will add flavor to salads, soups, and cool summer drinks all year long. Burnet Salad is a hardy perennial that is great for novice gardeners and gourmets. The attractive plant looks like rustic maiden hair fern and can be planted in rock gardens, flower beds, and containers. Soil also must be well drained. Keep flower stalks pruned for the best tasting foliage.

The Bean Bush Montpellier French, 'Phaseolus vulgaris', is a true gourmet French "filet" bean. It is featured in upscale French markets because of its exquisitely tender and delicate taste. The Montpellier French Bush Bean has 6 inch pods and should be harvested when only 1/4 inch in diameter. The Montpellier French produces longer, straighter, and darker green pods than other filet beans. This bush bean prefers rich, organic, well drained and warm soil. The soil must be kept evenly moist but not soggy.