Cherokee lettuce
Lactuca sativa 'Cherokee'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Red, magenta
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Notes
'Cherokee' lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Cherokee') is a vegetable for food gardens and containers. It is typically grown as an annual. It handles cool weather and a light frost. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. It is low maintenance and grows at a rapid rate. Plants reach maturity in 48 days.
Pairs well with Spinach, Touchstone Gold beet, and Peione parsley.