Little Gem Lettuce is a single serving size lettuce with dark green leaves and a sweet, buttery flavor. Little Gem Lettuce has a non-astringent flavor that makes it a real winner with kids and gourmets alike. Little Gem Lettuce grows about 5 inches wide, making it perfect for window boxes and those hard to fill corners in the vegetable garden. Little Gem Lettuce is one of the best tasting and most trouble-free lettuces you can grow. The small, robust green heads are perfect for individual salads, and its firm upright habit makes it great for sandwiches as well. Little Gem Lettuce is the one to grow for Hearts of Romaine.

• Botanical Name: Lactuca sativa


• Life Cycle: Annual


• Light Requirement: Full Sun


• Planting Season: Cool Season


• Plant Type: Leafstalk Vegetable


• Features: Heirloom, Open Pollinated, Easy to Grow & Maintain, Container Garden


• Fruit Size: up to 6"


• Days to Maturity: 50 Days


• Plant Spacing: 7-8 inches


• Planting Depth: 1/8 inch


• Sowing Method: Direct Sow


• Cold Stratification: No


• Hardiness Zones: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10