🥗🌿 Corn Salad (Valerianella locusta) – 800 Seeds

Grow tender, nutty-flavored greens with Corn Salad, also known as Valerianella locusta or Lamb’s Lettuce. This cold-hardy leafy green is popular in European salads for its delicate rosettes and smooth texture. Perfect for cool-season planting, it’s a nutrient-rich, easy-to-grow choice for home gardeners and market growers alike.

🌱 Plant Information:

• Latin Name: Valerianella locusta

• Common Names: Corn Salad, Lamb’s Lettuce, Mâche, Field Lettuce

• Plant Type: Cool-season annual leafy green

• Growth Habit: Compact rosettes of small, spoon-shaped leaves

• Leaf Flavor: Mild, nutty, buttery texture

• Leaf Color: Soft green

🥗 Uses & Benefits:

• Ideal for fresh salads and gourmet dishes

• High in vitamins A, C, and iron

• Tender texture and subtle flavor enhance mixed greens

• Can be grown as a cut-and-come-again crop

• Excellent for winter and early spring harvests in cold frames or greenhouses

• Traditionally used in European cuisine for centuries

🌞 Environmental Preferences:

• Prefers full sun to partial shade

• Thrives in cool weather and well-drained, fertile soil

• Performs best in spring or fall; tolerates light frost

• Can be grown in open ground, containers, or under row cover