Great Lakes lettuce
Lactuca sativa 'Great Lakes'
AAS Winner 1944
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
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Notes
'Great Lakes' lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Great Lakes') is a vegetable for containers, food gardens, and low maintenance beds. 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. It grows at a rapid rate and has an erect habit. It also adapts to acid, alkaline, or neutral soil.
Pairs well with Dill, Garlic, Beet/chard, and Candy carrot.