Red Sails lettuce
Lactuca sativa 'Red Sails'
AAS Winner 1985

USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size6 to 12 inches tall
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Red, green, burgundy
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
- Toxicity
- Non-toxic
Garden uses
Notes
'Red Sails' lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Red Sails') is a vegetable for container gardens, low maintenance beds, and food gardens. It is grown for fresh salads and its red leaves. It is typically grown as an annual. It grows well in cool weather and can ride out a light frost. This plant likes full sun to part shade and average to moist soil of most types. Growth is rapid, so you can pick early leaves in spring.
Pairs well with Long Island Mammoth dill, Diva cucumber, and Flashback Mix calendula.