Apart from traditional lettuces, such as 'Cos', 'Iceberg' and 'Butterhead', there are many others to try, including loose-leaf types and oak leaf lettuce, radicchio, rocket and endive.

It forms a rosette of tender, green, oak-leaf shaped leaves that have a mild sweet flavour. Pick as cut-and-grow-again. Resists bolting. Sow March to July, harvest July to September/October.

This variety not only looks attractive with its deep red oak leaf shaped leaves, it also has a delicious sweet flavour. The leaves start out medium green with red and green veins but if grown in full ...