Lettuce, Garnet Butter

Lettuce, Garnet Butter
(Lactuca sativa)

Garnet Butter Lettuce is a striking butterhead variety with deep burgundy-red outer leaves and tender, pale green hearts. Known for its soft texture and mild, sweet flavor, this lettuce forms loose, compact heads perfect for fresh salads and spring harvests. Its beautiful coloration also adds visual depth to mixed greens beds and market displays.

Key Characteristics

• Tender Butterhead Texture
  Leaves are soft, supple, and slightly sweet with the classic melt-in-your-mouth texture butterhead lettuces are known for. Ideal for fresh salads, wraps, and delicate greens mixes.
• Beautiful Garnet-Red Color
  Outer leaves develop a rich burgundy to garnet-red color that contrasts with the light green inner heart. Adds strong visual appeal to garden beds and harvest baskets.
• Cool-Season Garden Performer
  Thrives in cooler temperatures of spring and fall. Consistent moisture and partial shade during warmer weather help maintain tender leaves and delay bolting.
• Compact & Productive Heads
  Plants form small, dense heads that fit well into intensive garden plantings, raised beds, and succession planting systems.

Product Details

• Botanical Name: Lactuca sativa
• Native Range: Mediterranean (widely cultivated worldwide)
• Plant Life Cycle: Annual
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil Requirements: Medium to medium-wet, fertile, well-drained
• Mature Height: 0.5–1 foot
• Bloom Time: June–July (if allowed to bolt)
• Bloom Color: Yellow
• Days to Maturity: ~50–55 days
• USDA Hardiness Zones: Grown as an annual in zones 3–10

Direct sow in early spring as soon as soil can be worked or plant again in late summer for fall harvest. Maintain consistent moisture for tender leaves. Harvest outer leaves for cut-and-come-again harvests or cut the entire head when mature. In permaculture systems, integrate lettuce into cool-season beds or plant beneath taller crops for partial shade.

Garnet Butter Lettuce offers delicate texture, beautiful color, and dependable cool-season harvests for fresh salads.