Speckled lettuce
Lactuca sativa 'Speckled'
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
'Speckled' lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Speckled') is a vegetable for containers and food gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. Cool weather suits it, and it can take a light frost. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. It grows fast and takes care of itself, and it is ready to pick about 50 days after planting. It is open-pollinated, so you can save the seed.
Pairs well with America spinach, Ruby Queen beet, and Peione parsley.