Deer Tongue lettuce
Lactuca sativa 'Deer Tongue'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size6 to 12 inches tall
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Habit
- Mounding
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Foliage color
- Green, reddish-purple
- Soil types
- Loam
- Toxicity
- Non-toxic
Garden uses
Notes
'Deer Tongue' lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Deer Tongue') is a vegetable for containers and food gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. Cool weather suits it, and it can take a light frost. This plant likes full sun to part shade and average to moist, loamy soil. It is ready to harvest in about 50 days. The long, tongue-shaped leaves are green and reddish-purple, and the plant stays 6 to 12 inches tall.
Pairs well with Indigo Rose tomato, Teddy dill, and Flashback Mix calendula.