Lettuce 'Bronze Beauty' - SeedsLactuca sativa

Lettuce Seeds - Bronze Beauty

Its history and unusual leaf shape gives it a bit more interest compared to regular lettuce.

The ‘Bronze Beauty’ is a stunning lettuce variety with super-sweet green leaves are blushed with bronze, especially the younger ones. Harvesting mid-April to October, you’ll have plenty of time to add these delicious lettuce leaves to summer salads. Create beautiful beds, borders, or container pots, this variety will reach heights of 21-30cm (8-12") and spread of 21-30cm (8-12").

Rob says “I'd been trying to find this old heritage variety for ages as it has such great flavour and looks amazing in the garden. The unusual leaf shape gives a bit more interest in the garden compared to regular lettuce, plus they are slow to set seed and you'll be able to crop them for longer too. Also known as Bronze Arrowhead. Winner of the AAS award in 1947, recorded as "the finest, most colourful and delicious variety".

The Bronze Beauty is included in the Rob Smith Heritage Range that is dedicated to his love for gardening and allotment growing. So why not try a lettuce variety that has stood the test of time, a must-have variety for any keen gardener.

This packet of seeds is provided by our sister company Dobies and is Non-Organic.

What we mean by Non-organic seeds:

Seeds produced from plants grown by non-organic growers. No chemical treatments have been used or applied after harvest. Other seed suppliers may sell seed which has been given a coating of chemical to combat fungus or disease, but you can be sure that all our seed is supplied in its natural state. Organic gardeners have shown for many years that good results can be achieved without such treatments.

Why aren't these seeds organic?

Until recently, organically produced seed was very rare and using untreated non-organic seed was the only option for most organic growers. However, since then, the situation has improved. We now have many sources of organic seeds, many of which are available exclusively in the UK through The Organic Gardening Catalogue. However, there are still gaps where no organic seed is available, and our aim is to fill these when we can. Until that time we will continue to offer high quality, non-organic seed of varieties that have been shown to perform well in organic gardens, providing our customers with the widest possible choice.