Lettuce - Blend - Bon Vivant
The Lettuce Mesclun Bon Vivant, 'Lactuca sativa', is a wonderful blend of non-bitter leaf lettuces. The Bon Vivant is a tasty mixture that will excite those of you who live the diverse taste, color, and texture of leaf lettuces. Mesclun Lettuce displays leaves that have unusual shapes, a mixture of colors, and has different colors. To experience an even more European flavor, add a pinch of Radicchio or Arugula seed to this blend before planting. This variety contains Tango, Royal Oak Leaf, Red Salad Bowl, Black Seeded Simpson, Grand Rapids TBR, and Red Salis seeds. Bon Vivant Lettuce is an annual cool season plant. It will send up a seed stalk, which causes foliage to taste bitter, in heat generally above 90 degrees. Successive plantings of Bon Vivant can produce lettuce spring through fall. Plant in early spring, 3 to 4 weeks before the average last frost date, and continue successive plantings thereafter, every 3 weeks until 5 weeks before fall frost. This lettuce likes light, fertile, moist, and well drained soils. They will grow in light shade. Lettuce grows well near cabbage, beets, carrots, chives, garlic, and onion. ... more information
Shiso Perilla - Green aoshiso It is called "ohba' at sushi bars, and it is an absolute must for herb gardeners. Shiso Perilla have green leaves that resemble parsley except they have sharply serrated edges. The crushed leaves smell like lemon balm. Herbalists claim Shiso has antibiotic qualities and is the one reason it is used with sushi. In salads, the leaves add a very unique flavor. Mix or sprinkle over cucumbers, cabbage, fish, soups, rice, and potato dishes. The Shiso is also an excellent container plant. Plant in the spring after the last average frost date.
