Epiphytic orchid with leathery leaves to 12 inches, and compressed pseudobulbs. 2 or 3 flowers (4 inches across) appear on racemes in summer. Grow with epiphytic orchid potting mix, in slatted baskets. Requires moisture and shade in summer, full light […]

Epiphytic orchid with leathery, lance-shaped leaves (to 8 inches), and oblong pseudobulbs. 2.5 inch flowers appear on long racemes (to 39 iinches) in winter. Grow epiphytically on bark slabs, or with epiphytic orchid potting mix, in slatted baskets. Requires moisture […]

‘Winter Density’ is a butterhead lettuce which is generally ready for harvest 65 days after sowing. It is a short romaine type with an upright habit and densely packed, dark green leaves. Bolt resistant. Start from seed 4 to 6 […]

‘White-Seeded Tennisball’, also known as ‘Gotte Jaune d’Or’, ‘Golden Tennisball’, and ‘Golden Forcing’, is an heirloom type. It is an extremely small tennisball lettuce easily grown in flats. The heads never exceed 8 inches across, and are loose and twisted […]

‘White Seeded Simpson’, also known as ‘Silesia’, ‘Early Curled Silesia’, and ‘Curled German Batavian’ is an heirloom variety. It is extremely hardy and can be grown in cold-frames or under straw coverings. Hard freezes won’t generally kill it. This plant […]

‘Weber’s Brown Head’, also known as ‘Brauner Trotzkopf’ or ‘Hardhead’ lettuce, is an heirloom variety. This is a small plant, measuring generally 6 to 7 inches across, and a butterhead type. The leaves have green-white edges, and are crumpled and […]

‘Trocadero’, also known as ‘Big Boston’, ‘Tate’s Forcing White’, and ‘Giant White Forcing’ is a white-seeded heirloom variety introduced in America in the late 1800’s. The lettuce produces medium-large heads, globular in shape. The leaves are light green with brown […]

‘Tomhannock’ is an heirloom variety. It is a nonheading type, medium green and tinged with red-brown. The leaves grow upright. Generally grown as a fall salad lettuce because of its good resistance to bolting and its hardiness (light frosts will […]

‘Thorburn’s Orchid’, also known as ‘Golden Spotted’, is an heirloom variety speckled lettuce with white seed. The spotting on this variety is brownish red. Start from seed 4 to 6 weeks before average last frost date. Sow seeds 1/4 inch […]

‘Swede’ Lettuce, also known as ‘Sugar’, is a white-seeded heirloom variety which dates back to the 17th century. It has large, floppy leaves with ruffles edges tinged pink, and heads 12 inches in diameter. The back sides of the leaves […]