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Lamb's Lettuce
Valerianella locusta
EdibleZones 3–9groundcover
At a glance
- Sunlight
- Partial shade
- Water need
- Low
- Mature height
- 0.12 m
- Maintenance
- Low
- Hardiness
- USDA 3–9
- Layers
- groundcover
Functional roles
food
Propagation
How to make more of this plant for free — the permaculture way.
seedeasy
When: Sow September to October
In the kitchen garden
- Sow (months)
- 9, 10
- Harvest (months)
- 11, 12, 1, 2, 3
- Spacing
- Take it from the seed packet
- Family
- valerianaceae
- Frost
- Hardy
The hardiest winter leaf here, and the one that still germinates in October when everything else has stopped. Water sparingly in the morning: winter damp, not cold, is what kills it.
The hardiest winter salad here; germinates in the cold when nothing else will.
Where to get it
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Seed data pending expert review. Identification photo and description are sourced from Wikipedia/Wikimedia; always confirm a plant in person before eating any part of it.