Don't restrict your lettuce to just iceberg. Other types of lettuce are far more nutritious, and have a more robust flavor. Red leaf lettuce The most nutritious kind of lettuce. Keeps a lot longer than store-bought red lettuce, which spoils on the trip home from the supermarket. It's on the bitter side, so mix it with other salad greens for temperance.
Red lettuce makes a very attractive ornamental.
I've seen it tucked away in flower gardens. Cultivars 'Simpson Elite' Stands up to summer very well. Flavor is bitter. Please don't call your lawyers. The contents of these notes have not been reviewed, approved or monitored by the University of the Virgin Islands.