Leaf lettuce seeds - cut lettuce and loose leaf lettuce varieties
Leaf lettuce seeds bring particularly productive and easy to grow salad varieties to the garden. Leaf lettuce, cut lettuce and loose leaf lettuce do not form firm heads, but grow as loose rosettes with tender leaves that can be harvested repeatedly over many weeks.
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The term leaf lettuce includes various headless lettuce varieties from the species Lactuca sativa. Unlike head lettuce, these varieties do not form compact heads but grow as loose leaf rosettes with frilly or oak leaf shaped leaves.
Typical leaf lettuces include well known varieties such as Lollo Rosso, Lollo Bionda and the popular Salad Bowl types. Their leaves can be harvested individually from the outside towards the centre, while the heart of the plant continues to grow. In this way leaf lettuces provide a continuous harvest of fresh salad leaves over many weeks.
In gardening, the terms leaf lettuce, cut lettuce and loose leaf lettuce are often used synonymously. With leaf lettuce individual leaves are harvested, while cut lettuce is usually cut back completely and then regrows.
