Lettuce - Butterhead - Kagraner Sommer
The Lettuce Butterhead Kagraner Summer, 'Lactuca sativa', is a French butterhead also known as 'Butter Bow Head', and has tasty, well-formed medium sized heads that are slow to bolt in summer heat. The French butterhead was originally from Germany. It is excellent for window boxes, indoor pots, and is a cute border plant. The mild tasting leaves are soft and buttery. The lettuce leaves of the Kagraner Summer Butterhead are slightly crumpled and light green in color. Lettuce is a cool season annual. Successive plantings can produce lettuce spring through fall. Plant in early spring, 3 to 4 weeks before the average last frost date, and successive plantings thereafter every 3 weeks until 5 weeks before fall frost. 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
Bean Bush - Snap - Montpellier French The Bean Bush Montpellier French, 'Phaseolus vulgaris', is a true gourmet French "filet" bean. It is featured in upscale French markets because of its exquisitely tender and delicate taste. The Montpellier French Bush Bean has 6 inch pods and should be harvested when only 1/4 inch in diameter. The Montpellier French produces longer, straighter, and darker green pods than other filet beans. If you like fresh beans, you will love Montpellier French!The Montpellier French bean is a bush type and is upright in form. It is resistant to common bean mosaic virus and anthracnose. Plant after the last average frost date. This bush bean prefers rich, organic, well drained and warm soil. The soil must be kept evenly moist but not soggy.
