Lolla Bionda Lettuce

45-70 days. A frisky Loose-Leaf from Italy, Lolla Bionda is exuberantly frilled and wavy from the get-go, ideal for sowing in the cut-and-come-again fashion. Lolla Bionda forms a compact mound of deeply curled jade green leaves and makes a pretty sight in the garden. Italian folks eat salad after dinner, passing a bowl of roughly-torn greens with vinegar and oil and lightly-toasted pine nuts to compliment the sweet, crisp leaves. (OP.)

One packet of about 700 seeds
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#2720
$4.85
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A far cry from its wild, weedy ancestors, Lettuce now appears in all shapes, textures, flavors and sizes, bringing healthy crunch to modern kitchens. The varieties we offer are beautiful, reliable and usually not available in stores. To enjoy its ephemeral sweetness and texture, make sure Lettuce grows quickly: water it frequently and fertilize weekly with fish emulsion or manure tea. Direct-seed from the spring through the late summer. For baby greens, sow thickly and harvest with scissors or raise transplants, plugging seedlings into empty spaces in your garden as they become available.

Average seed life: 3 years.

To broaden the range of texture and flavor in your garden and salads, don't forget to plant some of these specialty Salad Greens: Arugula, Asian Greens, Chervil, Claytonia, Cress, Dandelion Greens, Endive, Escarole, Frisee, Giant Red Mustard, Komatsuna, Lettuce, Mache, Mibuna, Minutina, Mizuna, Orach, Radicchio, Salad Blends, Sorrel, Spinach, Swiss Chard, and Tatsoi.

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