Quantity
Around 600 seeds
Exposure
Sun to partial shade
Discover the plant
Family
Asteraceae
Type
Vegetable
Cycle
Annual
Organic Red Winter Romaine Lettuce is an ancient variety of great elegance, particularly valuable for extending harvests when the garden calms down with cooler temperatures. With its wine-red outer leaves deeply nuanced with green veins and its paler heart, Lactuca sativa brings a presence to the autumn and spring vegetable garden that is as decorative as it is nourishing. Cold further intensifies its colors, giving each open head a striking relief and an almost velvety beauty in the cultivation beds. Its crisp texture and sweet, slightly sugary flavor make it a highly refined lettuce for fresh salads and simple dishes where the foliage can fully express itself. Very hardy and slow to bolt, it accompanies the gardener over a long period, offering regular harvests when many other lettuces become more capricious. Easy to grow in cool, loose, well-drained soil, it is particularly successful when sown in late summer to vigorously withstand the cooler seasons. Its ability to self-seed further adds to its charm, like a discreet promise of return to the garden. It is a colorful, resistant, and flavorful romaine, perfect for combining beauty, freshness, and endurance in the vegetable garden.
Planting guide
From plantingto establishment.
Planting depth
0.2 in (0.5 cm)
Establishment temperature
10 to 20 °C (50 to 68 °F)
Establishment time
5 to 10 days
Soil and care
The rightconditions.
Exposure
Sun to partial shade
Soil
Loose, friable and well-drained
Watering
Regular
Container growing
A controlledenvironment.
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Bloom and dimensions
The completeprofile.
Bloom periodJune to August
Harvest50 to 65 days after sowing
Garden associations
What to plantwith it.
Good companionsCarrots, radishes, cucumbers, beets
Avoid planting withCabbage, celery, leeks
Salad, sandwich, cold dish, potted plant, autumn harvest
