Flashy Butter Gem Lettuce lettuce
Lactuca sativa 'Flashy Butter Gem Lettuce'
USDA zones3 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size12 inches tall12 inches wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
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'Flashy Butter Gem Lettuce' (Lactuca sativa 'Flashy Butter Gem Lettuce') is a vegetable for food gardens, containers, and borders. It is typically grown as an annual. It grows well in cool weather and can ride out a light frost. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. Bees and butterflies visit it, and it stays about 12 inches tall and wide, so it fits in small spaces.
Pairs well with Beet/chard, Candy carrot, Garlic, and Dill.