This one is a show stopper with its intense red leaves. This is a romaine type and stands 12 inch tall, and 10 inch inches wide. The long, crisp spoon-shaped leaves add beautiful color to salads.
It is ready in only 40 days. Don't miss this hard-to-find variety! Romaine lettuce ...This one is a show stopper with its intense red leaves. This is a romaine type and stands 12 inch tall, and 10 inch inches wide.
The long, crisp spoon-shaped leaves add beautiful color to salads. It is ready in only 40 days. Don't miss this hard-to-find variety! Romaine lettuce, though named for its presence in the papal gardens, dates back to the third millenium BC, where ancient Egyptians depicted this type of lettuce in their bas-reliefs.
Another name for Romaine, "Cos," shows another part of its history on the Greek island of Kos. Later, Syrian gardeners began selectively breeding this type of lettuce to have a thick rib and spoon-like shape, since they used lettuce as a spoon for their traditional cuisine.