Ruby lettuce
Lactuca sativa 'Ruby'
AAS Winner 1958
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
'Ruby' lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Ruby') is a vegetable for containers, low maintenance gardens, 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. It grows at a rapid rate and stands erect, so you can sow it again for steady harvests.
Pairs well with Beet/chard, Candy carrot, Garlic, and Dill.