Description

Fill your bowl with the mixed colors of Salad Bowl! This blend has it all: great flavor, good looks, and sweet leaves in a heat-tolerant variety. The greens and reds look beautiful in salads and sandwiches. Harvest young for terrific baby greens. ‘Green Salad Bowl’ won the All-America Selections award in 1952, and ‘Red Salad Bowl’ won the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1995.

750 mg packet (~600 seeds)

Days to Maturity: 21 – 50 days

Family: Organic, Heirloom

Native: Asteraceae

Hardiness: Unknown; lettuce has been in cultivation for a long time.

Plant Dimensions: 6″–8″ tall, 8″ wide

Variety Info: RED SALAD BOWL’ has deeply lobed, burgundy leaves that form a large rosette if proper sowing distances are observed. Red color is more intense in cool weather. ‘GREEN SALAD BOWL’ has lobed, wavy green leaves forming a rosette. Both are resistant to bitter flavor during the heat. Both varieties in Salad Bowl Blend are from the 1950s.

Attributes: Good for Containers, Heat Tolerant