Full sun. 24 inches. This variety is the type preferred for culinary use. It does best in moist, fertile, well drained soils. One plant can produce 100 stems by season’s end. Lemon grass can be overwintered in a cold dark room.
We’ve added romaine lettuce to our lettuce mix offering. The red is a variety we selected for its eye popping solid red color. The green is a variety we have grown in our market garden and have been consistently impressed by its hefty size, its crunchy sweet heart and its ability to hold up to summer heat stress.
Sun to partial shade. Allow 1 square foot per plant. Boston lettuce, aka butterhead, whether red or green has a silky leaved, buttery, blanched interior head. Our selections include a red-tinged variety that is better able to withstand heat than a dark red variety, and a quiet large green variety. The heads are fully sized for picking when the head feels dense and firm when squeezed.
Full sun to partial shade. For full size heads allow 1 square foot per plant. We include the varieties Red Sails leaf lettuce (seen here) and Buttercrunch bibb, both favorite home garden lettuce varieties.
Sun. We grow Sparx romaine lettuce as a crop in our market garden. Sparx reliably produces sweet, crisp and heavy heads with crisp hearts. We recommend being spare with nitrogen fertilizers with this lettuce to avoid tip burn on later plantings of Sparx.
Sun. Thurinus has wow factor. The deep red color is impressive. The heads of this lettuce are not as large or heavy as our green romaine (Sparx) but it will provide color to your plate.
Full sun. 6 to 8 inches tall with a 24 inch spread. A wonderful foliage plant to add texture and breadth, along with its silver color, to your containers or border. Prefers well drained soil.
Sun to part shade. 6 inches tall, spreading. Bring a true-blue splash of color to border edges and containers.
Sun to part shade. 4 inches tall 6 inch spread. Deep true blue flowers with a white eye. Very useful in containers as it will spill over the edges. This lobelia has green foliage which is absolutely covered in blossoms. Lobelia resents drying out and can be difficult to bring back if it is allowed to wilt. If wilting does occur it is best to bottom water the plant. Never douse a lobelia with water if it has wilted! If bottom watering is not possible, water a little at a time, repeating as needed. Plant is best sited where it will get shade from the noonday summer sun. Prefers moist well drained soil.
Sun to Part Shade. Low growing 4 to 8 inch tall. This variety of lobelia has a tidy compact habit. A dense display of sky blue flowers will cascade over edges of boarders and containers. We recommend bottom watering container plants when reviving a wilted lobelia.