Lettuce Seeds – Bronze Beauty
Its history and unusual leaf shape gives it a bit more interest compared to regular lettuce.
The ‘Bronze Beauty’ is a stunning lettuce variety with super-sweet green leaves are blushed with bronze, especially the younger ones. Harvesting mid-April to October, you’ll have plenty of time to add these delicious lettuce leaves to summer salads. Create beautiful beds, borders, or container pots, this variety will reach heights of 21-30cm (8-12″) and spread of 21-30cm (8-12″).
Rob says “I’d been trying to find this old heritage variety for ages as it has such great flavour and looks amazing in the garden. The unusual leaf shape gives a bit more interest in the garden compared to regular lettuce, plus they are slow to set seed and you’ll be able to crop them for longer too. Also known as Bronze Arrowhead. Winner of the AAS award in 1947, recorded as “the finest, most colourful and delicious variety”.
The Bronze Beauty is included in the Rob Smith Heritage Range that is dedicated to his love for gardening and allotment growing. So why not try a lettuce variety that has stood the test of time, a must-have variety for any keen gardener.
