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There is a bewildering diversity of lettuce types, with more appearing all the time. Butterheads are soft loose-hearted varieties, crispheads or icebergs are large dense and crunchy, cos types have upright crisp leaves, and loose-leaf do not make hearts but are gathered as dense leafy heads or individual leaves are picked over a long period.
Lactuca sativa 'Salad Bowl' is a loose-leaf lettuce, with pretty burgundy green crimped leaves with a good flavour, suitable for salads and also garnishing.
Grow Lactuca sativa 'Salad Bowl' in moist but well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. With its decorative appeal it's also at home in an ornamental border, grown as edging or scattered among other plants.
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Lactuca ‘Salad bowl’ and wildlife
Lactuca ‘Salad bowl’ has no particular known value to wildlife in the UK.
Is Lactuca ‘Salad bowl’ poisonous?
Lactuca ‘Salad bowl’ has no toxic effects reported.
