Flashy Trout Back lettuce
Lactuca sativa 'Flashy Trout Back'
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, green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Notes
'Flashy Trout Back' lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Flashy Trout Back') is a vegetable for containers and food gardens. 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. The green leaves have red speckles, and the plant grows quickly. It needs little care.
Pairs well with Boldor beet, Teddy dill, and Palemeno Tomato tomato.