Everwilde Farms Bibb Butterhead Lettuce Seeds

Bibb butterhead lettuce seeds are easy to grow, hold well in the heat, yet still grow quickly in cool weather. It is abundant in yields and known for its delicious taste and crisp texture. It will be ready for your salad in as little as 55 days.

This unusual lettuce with a ...Bibb butterhead lettuce seeds are easy to grow, hold well in the heat, yet still grow quickly in cool weather. It is abundant in yields and known for its delicious taste and crisp texture. It will be ready for your salad in as little as 55 days.

This unusual lettuce with a resemblance to both leaf lettuce and iceberg lettuce was first grown by Lt. Jack B. Bibb of Frankfurt, Kentucky in 1935.

Lt. Bibb experimented with horticulture in his greenhouse and ended up with this famous variety, which provides the traditional salad lettuce of the Kentucky Derby. Bibb lettuce also has been called "limestone lettuce" because of the high lime content in the Kentucky soil.