Tropicana lettuce
Lactuca sativa 'Tropicana'
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
'Tropicana' lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Tropicana') is a vegetable for containers and food gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It shrugs off cool spells and light frost, though a hard freeze will damage it. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. It grows rapidly and reaches maturity in 52 days. It is easy to care for, so it suits a low maintenance garden.
Pairs well with Boldor beet, Long Island Mammoth dill, and Giant of Italy parsley.