The Leaves are crispy and frilled, a delicious and attractive salad alone or mixed with other gourmet greens. The glossy leaves are very tender and flavorful and vary in color from light green to deep magenta, making this heirloom an attractive addition to both the garden and to salads. This unique Batavian lettuce has survived some of the hottest weather on record and remained sweet and crisp. An upright, deep green plant with delicately red-tinted leaves, Sierra has proven ability to grow through intense desert heat and sparse waterings. This excellent producer, from one of our finest French seed houses, is resistant to tip burn and bolting.
Compact plants are heat tolerant and resist bolting.
The deep green, crisp-sweet leaves are well formed around a tight central core. A noteworthy improvement for all who love lettuce. It forms a large and upright plant with crisp, juicy light green, crinkly leaves. Because it produces well in difficult conditions and is heat and drought tolerant and slow to bolt, it is perfect for growing in the Southwest and where early warm summers cause others to bolt. It retains it's sweet flavor and tender crispness without becoming bitter.