Gardens at Mathews

Lettuce ‘Ruby Red’

Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.

The photographs

Two terracotta-coloured plastic troughs of loose-leaf lettuce, frilled leaves flushed red-bronze and bright green, on black woven ground fabric and gravel, a white plant label in the nearer trough.
Week of 1 JuneTwo terracotta-coloured plastic troughs of loose-leaf lettuce, frilled leaves flushed red-bronze and bright green, on black woven ground fabric and gravel, a white plant label in the nearer trough.
A heap of freshly washed lettuce leaves, mostly green with red-tinged edges, piled wet on a wooden board beside a red surface.
Week of 29 JuneA heap of freshly washed lettuce leaves, mostly green with red-tinged edges, piled wet on a wooden board beside a red surface.

What happened

Crop
Lettuce
Variety
Ruby Red
Sown
4 June 2026 (approximate)
First harvest
4 June 2026
Total picked
0.79 lb
Status
ended

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