Lettuce Seeds

Bright, fun vegetable seed markers.

Part of the new 'Home Farm' range, these bright and fun garden seed markers cover many of the common vegetable garden plants. They are hand carved from cedar and individually painted with water based paints.

A breeding development of the heirloom 'Deer's Tongue' to give improved uniformity and good mildew resistance. A distinctive and attractive, eye catching loose leaf plant habit with reddish maroon, narrow pointed leaves with a pleasant taste and texture.

Letttuce 'Tamburo' makes a great alternative to the ever popular variety 'Little Gem'. This superb variety is taller and darker leaved but with the same delicious flavour. This tasty little Cos lettuce is resistant to downy mildew and shows some tolerance to tipburn too.

Height: 20cm (8inch)
Spread: 20cm (8inch)

Great Value Seeds from Country Value

A reliable, medium sized 'butterhead' variety. Compact and slow to bolt, long season.

Great Value Seeds from Country Value

Probably the best loved mini cos lettuce, with gloriously sweet flavoured, dark green leaves and a crisp, solid heart.

Great Value Seeds from Country Value

Large, tightly packed dense heads of crisp, succulent leaves. This reliable, easy to grow variety is slow to bolt in hot summer weather.

Exclusively launched by T&M back in 1979 as the most crisp and sweet hearted Cos which stood in perfect quality without bolting through the summer. Upright habit with noticeable savoyed/bubbled dark green outer leaves. Good sweetness, use as a sugar Cos when young, or as a fully hearted mature lettuce. Also suited as a 'cut and come again' salading.

Medium to large hearted, bright green leaved, crisp 'iceberg' hearts which stand well without bolting during the hotter summer weather. Cut hearts store well in the refrigerator. Ideal for spring or summer sowing.

Delicious flavour loose leaf type, perfect for mixed salads. Pick individual leaves or whole 'non-hearting' heads. Cut a few leaves from each plant, perfect for baby leaf salads, they will grow back for up to four cuts. Cut the whole head of mature plants.

Versatile and colourful lettuce. Outer serrated leaves become red whilst inner heart is green. The red colouration will intensify with higher temperatures. Young leaves can be harvested as baby salad. Harvest whole heads early in the morning or late in the evening for the freshest flavour and crispness.

Large solid heads, crisp crunchy texture. Excellent flavour. Grows well in adverse weather conditions.

An appealing, crisp leaved 'iceberg' lettuce also known as 'Ice Queen' which stays crunchy even on hot days. The medium sized heads are slow to run to seed and have attractively edged leaves.

A lovely mixture of these two 'frilly' leaved lettuces. Pick individual leaves as required allowing plants to regrow or pick whole heads. Ideal for sowing throughout the summer as plants are slow to bolt.

New & Exclusive 2008

Improved breeding in delicious, crunchy tennis-ball sized mini Icebergs. Plants have a compact habit with very few wasted outer leaves and produce a dense, crunchy delicious meal for one from a single heart. Stands well in good condition for long periods if watered regularly.

One of the earliest varieties to mature. Little Gem produces small compact plants which are packed with a crisp sweet heart and little outside leaf. Very useful for cloches too.

A reliable, simple, productive and space-saving method which can be tailored to your weekly requirements. Early sowings should mature in about 60 days, mid-season sowings in about 40 days. Valmaine is specially chosen because the young leaves have no bitterness.

Medium heads with solid, crisp hearts. Very hardy, reliable and dry weather tolerant. Ideal for successional and autumn sowing.

A fine lettuce known for its exceptional cold resistance and bred solely for autumn sowings. It is a large lettuce, light green in colour, with tasty, crinkled leaves.

Still the premier garden lettuce in most peoples vegetable patch. It has large, wrinkled leaves with a big tight centre of crisp, white leaf. It is outstanding whether the summer is wet or dry and always slow to run to seed.

The smallest lettuce. A compact, solid butterhead type with deliciously soft leaves just right for small families or restricted space. It can be grown as close as 15cm (6in.) apart and makes a useful early crop in a cold frame or cloches. Very fast growing, from an early spring it will be the first variety to harvest.

The tastiest of all the Romaine lettuces we have ever trialled. Renowned for their crunchy texture and the sweetest flavour. Excellent downy mildew resistance, with good bolting tolerance and heart quality during hotter summer conditions.

Ideal for spring and summer sowings. Suitable for cut and come again, baby leaf or mature hearts.

If you dont agree this is the sweetest lettuce we will give you your money back - guaranteed!

To claim a refund, please advise the Horticultural Manager in writing of which variety you believe to be better, together with the reasons. Full details available on request. No such claims will be accepted after 31st August 2008.

Your whole summer lettuce supply from just one packet! Tender and tasty butterheads, crisp and crunchy icebergs and sweet and succulent cos types make up this extra special, great value blend. Slow to bolt meaning longer cropping. Contents: Avondefiance, Diana, Romany, Bubbles, Court.

A tantalising mixture of bronze and red shades to add colour, texture and taste to your salad bowl and side garnishes. Enjoy as salad leaf and full heart crops all summer without worry, as this mix is particularly resistant to bolting. Endless supply of loose-leaf lettuce in red shades.

An excellently flavoured Italian lettuce of the type used in salads and also in many other dishes as a tasty garnish. It is compact, non hearting with a rosette of finely frilled leaves with deep red edge. Very easy to grow and attractive in gardens, tubs, containers etc and in the salad.

A slightly larger Little Gem type which is similar in flavour, but has slightly more bubbled leaves, giving it a more distinctive appearance. Ready to harvest approximately 11 weeks from sowing with delicious crisp, romaine hearts that stand well during hot summer weather.

Here is a high quality crisp head lettuce with small compact heads which are just the right size for the home gardener. The solid, crisp and tasty heads are quick to mature and slow to bolt. Recommended for harvesting in succession from spring to July and can also be sown in October in cold frames *or* the cold greenhouse for cutting in early May.

A specially bred Little Gem Cos for sowing from September to January and for growing in a unheated greenhouse or in a cold frame for overwinter production (not suitable for growing outdoors). Delicious small, crunchy, sweet hearts equal in taste to Little Gem, will be ready to harvest from January onwards, for use in winter salads.

(Summer/Autumn)

Sweet, crisp flavour. A special selection of the ever-popular Cos variety. Compact plants produce small, sweet, crisp hearts of outstanding flavour. Perfect for the garden or growing in containers.

(Summer-Autumn) A separately packaged collection to provide different types, colours and textures and a longer harvest from one sowing. Ideal for small gardens, providing a great selection in a small space.

All-American Gold Medal winner. Large, medium-green, slow bolting, non-heading and decidedly tender. Dont pull the whole plants - be selective - go down the row choosing only the largest, tenderest leaves. This way Salad Bowl will continue to replace itself the whole season