Beautiful lettuce with varying shades of red, bronze, light and dark green. The flavour is excellent so it should not come as a surprise that this is an heirloom (Rouge de Grenoble). It is cold tolerant but seems to still do well in the summer (making a good choice for cooler areas). It can also be treated as a cut-&-come-again. Price for 75 seeds.

The long pointed triangular leaves are edged with red, they are slightly crinkled and taste delicious. This heirloom variety is rugged and will produce lovely tender lettuces grown in places other lettuces just will not thrive. Pick individual leaves or harvest whole. Price for 75 seeds

SOW: in spring and summer. For headed lettuces sow in modules to transplant, for cut-&-come-again use sow in situ quite thickly

GROW: for cut-&-come-again you can take your first harvest when the plants are less than 10cm high in about a month from sowing. Red Deer Tongue will resprout for successive cropping. For heads transplant at about 15-20cm apart and cut when they fill their space.

EAT: heirloom flavour at its best. Red Deer Tongue was recorded as grown by pioneers in America: this rugged variety continues to produce lovely tender lettuces grown in places other lettuces just will not thrive.

Red Velvet has gorgeous frilly and ruffled loose leaves, a beautiful reddish maroon with tinges of green, and a lovely crispy crunch to accompany their rich mild flavour.  This is a lettuce that partners up with flavours such as grated cheese, fresh or dried fruit, nuts or crispy bacon pieces. Red Velvet is also happy to be treated as a cut-&-come-again for repeat picking.

Price for 75 seeds

Cut-&-come-again… and get more than one crop from your Red Velvet lettuces.  Once your young plants reach about 10cm tall simply  snip off the leaves you want leaving a little stump (about 2cm long) which will resprout to give you another crop in a few week’s growing time.  Often you can get 2 or 3 and sometimes 4 pickings.  Combine this with a staggered sowing and you can have a steady supply of fresh leaves over many weeks. 

Staggered sowing (or successional sowing) is when you sow a few seeds every 2-3 weeks to help spread out your harvest.  With lettuces you can sow a different variety in between and that way your taste buds always have a fresh flavour to look forward to enjoying – perhaps sow a small amount of Red Velvet and follow it up with a green variety before sowing some more Red Velvet… we have so many choices to tempt you!

Rich green, tender and sweet flavoured curly and deeply serrated leaves. Perfect for cut-&-come-again, either cutting the whole head or picking individual leaves. Being heat resistant this is a variety that will withstand hot summer weather in good condition. Price for 75 seeds.

An ideal choice for a lettuce a day, slow to bolt Saladin stands well when ready for munching. This compact variety has tasty, succulent, dense hearts. An outstanding spring/summer lettuce that copes very well with the British climate. Price for 75 seeds.

With firm small hearts and a delicious flavour this lettuce will earn its keep in the smallest of spaces (perfect for square foot gardening).  It isnt quite as small as the name might suggest but you can harvest the whole lettuce for you meal. Price for 75 seeds

Each crisphead of Tuscan Pesciatina is a whole lot of satisfying lettuce! The hearted heads can be green with red edging, ours grew mostly deep red with only a little green showing until sliced.  Wonderful crunchy leaves that are generously sprinkled with bubbles, these help salad dressing to stay on!

Bubbles on the leaves

The bubbly surface of the leaves is a feature of Pesciatina, you may see this phenomenon described as heavily blistered but, I am sure you will agree, bubbles is a much nicer way of describing this growth habit.

Rich green large, wavy, frilled leaves.  The plants are cold tolerant and do well in a coldframe sow in autumn or spring.  Baby leaf from 28 days, lovely loose heads from 7 weeks.  This variety keeps well in the fridge after picking  75 seeds

With wrinkled leaves surrounding a big, tight, crispy white heart; this is an outstanding iceberg type lettuce whether the summer is wet or dry. This is a welcome return for this ever popular, tasty and reliable variety. Price for 75 seeds.