Lettuce Lollo Rossa

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The most ornamental lettuce in the range. Lettuce Lollo Rossa produces loose, deeply frilled leaves with deep crimson-burgundy tips that are as beautiful in a flower border as they are in a salad bowl — a cut-and-come-again variety that provides weeks of harvest from a single sowing and adds a dramatic splash of colour to any kitchen garden. Lactuca sativa 'Lollo Rossa' — Hardy Annual Sow: March–August direct or indoors; harvest: May–October Full sun to partial shade; rich, moist, well-drained soil Sow 1cm deep, thin to 25cm; or harvest as cut-and-come-again Cut-and-come-again — harvest outer leaves for weeks of supply Outstanding ornamental — use in flower borders as well as veg beds Show more