Ilema lettuce
Lactuca sativa 'Ilema'
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
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Notes
'Ilema' lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Ilema') 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 fast and stands erect, and it is an open-pollinated lettuce that matures in about 50 days.
Pairs well with Moss Curled parsley, Alpha calendula, and Touchstone Gold beet.