Leaf of the Week: Rouge d’Hiver

Now here’s a good looking leaf with its blushing sides. This is the lettuce that we used to replace all the cos with a while back. It’s growing OK but not brilliantly, just taking its time to establish.

Sometimes called winter lettuce it tolerates the cold well, hardly a surprising fact as the name translates to winter red. What might be more interesting is that the colder it is, the redder it gets, so if you want a colourful salad, it’s good to plant it as the cold descends!