Red Butterhead Lettuce 'Wonder of Four Seasons' / 'Meraviglia De'

  • Product number: 252200
  • Origin: Mediterranean Sea region
  • Latin: Lactuca sativa var. capitata

This beautiful, old variety produces a very tender, reddish-brown lettuce. From spring to autumn, including summer (when the colour is deepest), this lettuce grows easily! Tip: sow them a little closer together and harvest the tender, beautiful young leaves as loose leaf lettuce or cut-and-come-again lettuce.

Names:
Latin: Lactuca sativa var. capitata
Dutch: Rode kropsla
Also known as: Meraviglia Delle Quattro Stagioni, Merveille des 4 Saissons
English: Butterhead Lettuce

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Sowing method: March-May and from mid to late August. Sow in (press) pots or trays or thinly in rows, poor germination in warm conditions.

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Sowing/planting time:

  • March
  • April
  • May
  • August
  • September

Harvesting time:

  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November

Soil type:

  • All soil types

Cultivation location:

  • Indoors
  • Outdoors warm / sheltered

Position:

  • Sun
  • Partial shade
  • Flower colour: Yellow flowers
  • Origin: Mediterranean Sea region
  • Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
  • Annual or perennial: Annual
  • Attractive to insects: N/A
  • Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
  • Ease of cultivation: Easy
  • Latin: Lactuca sativa var. capitata
  • Dutch: Red butterhead lettuce
  • Also known as: Meraviglia Delle Quattro Stagioni, Merveille des 4 Saissons
  • English: Boterhoofdsla
  • All year round

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