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Lettuce - Head - Summertime
Why grow head lettuce that you can buy in the store? Because it tastes a lot better grown at home! Summertime is a spring/summer head lettuce that has medium sized 6 inch heads. The Lettuce Crisphead Summertime, 'Lactuca sativa', is the most heat resistant head lettuce yet. It is bery heat resistant and that is uncommon but very important for head lettuce. This lettuce can also be grown inside in containers and is so beautiful it can be used in borders and edging. They will grow in light shade. Plant in early spring, 3 to 4 weeks before the average last frost date. Lettuce grows well near cabbage, beets, carrots, chives, garlic, and onion. Summertime is very sweet and has a far superior flavor to grocery store head letuce. Summertime Crisphead Lettuce is an annual cool season plant. It will send up a seed stalk, which causes foliage to taste bitter, in heat generally above 90 degrees. This lettuce likes light, fertile, moist, and well drained soils. ... more information
Grass - Pony Tails It is very drought tolerant, but even moisture produces the most flower heads. Pony Tails Grass has soft 8 inch plumes atop the plants. The flower heads appear in the summer. Pony Tails prefer full sun and well drained infertile soils. After sowing, flower heads will appear in 16 weeks. Spray the flowers with florist dye to create any color you want. Plants do not get anymore graceful than Pony Tails. Plant in the spring, 3 weeks before the last average frost date. |
