leafy greens and lettuce Growing Guides

Leafy Greens & Lettuce Growing Guides

Leafy greens and lettuce are among the most useful crops for home gardeners because many can be grown for relatively quick harvests and can fit into small garden spaces. This category includes lettuce types along with a variety of greens that can be harvested as young leaves or allowed to mature.

The growing guides below are designed to show gardeners how to grow the individual leafy greens and lettuce varieties listed here. Explore the guides for information about planting, soil, sunlight, spacing, watering, feeding, crop care, common growing problems, and harvesting. Whether you are planning a salad garden, growing greens for cooking, or looking for crops that can provide repeated harvests, these guides can help you get started and keep plants productive.

Amaranth greens	Amaranth leaves	Anise hyssop greens
Aquatic cress	Arctic King lettuce	Arctic Queen lettuce
Argentata chard	Arrowleaf	Arugula
Asparagus lettuce	Barese chard	Barley greens
Batavia lettuce	Bee balm greens	Beedys Camden kale
Beira kale	Belgian endive	Bibb lettuce
Bitter melon leaves	Black Seeded Simpson lettuce	Bloomsdale spinach
Boston lettuce	Bright Lights chard	Broccoli greens
Broccoli leaves	Bronze Mignonette lettuce	Brown mustard
Brussels sprout greens	Brussels sprout leaves	Buckler sorrel
Buckwheat greens	Buckwheat leaves	Bush spinach
Butter King lettuce	Buttercrunch lettuce	Butterhead lettuce
Cabbage greens	Cabbage leaves	Calendula greens
Cauliflower greens	Cauliflower leaves	Celebration chard
Celery greens	Celery leaves	Celtuce leaves
Champion collard	Chaya leaves	Chayote leaves
Chicory greens	Chinese lettuce	Chinese mustard
Chrysanthemum greens	Collard greens	Collard leaves
Collards	Cress	Crisphead lettuce
Curly endive	Curly kale	Currant leaves
Dandelion greens	Deer Tongue lettuce	Drumstick tree leaves
Dwarf Blue Curled kale	Dwarf Siberian kale	Eggplant leaves
Egyptian spinach	Endive	Endive greens
Escarole	Escarole greens	Ethiopian mustard
Fava greens	Fava leaves	Fennel greens
Fenugreek greens	Fig leaves	Flash collard
Flat leaf parsley	Florida Broadleaf mustard	Fordhook Giant chard
Forellenschluss lettuce	Freckles lettuce	French sorrel
Garden cress	Garden sorrel	Georgia collard
Giant Red mustard	Giant Winter spinach	Golden chard
Golden Frills mustard	Grand Rapids lettuce	Grape leaves
Green Butterhead lettuce	Green chard	Green Glaze collard
Green Lucullus chard	Green Star lettuce	Green Towers lettuce
Green Wave mustard	Hosta leaves	Hyper Red Wave lettuce
Iceberg lettuce	Indian cress	Jericho lettuce
Jerusalem artichoke leaves	Kale	Kale greens
Kale leaves	Kale sprouts	Kohlrabi greens
Kohlrabi leaves	Lacinato kale	Lagos spinach
Lambs lettuce	Land cress	Leaf celery
Lemon balm greens	Lentil greens	Lentil leaves
Lettuce	Lettuce basil	Little Gem lettuce
Lollo Bionda lettuce	Lollo Rosso lettuce	Longevity spinach
Looseleaf lettuce	Lucullus chard	Malabar spinach
Malanga leaves	Mallow greens	Mango leaves
Marjoram greens	Marvel of Four Seasons lettuce	Melon greens
Melon leaves	Merlot lettuce	Millet greens
Mint greens	Miz America mustard	Moringa leaves
Moringa oleifera leaves	Morris Heading collard	Mountain spinach
Mulberry leaves	Mustard	Mustard cress
Mustard greens	Mustard leaves	Mustard pods
Mustard spinach	Mustard sprouts	Mâche
Nasturtium greens	Nasturtium leaves	Neon Glow chard
Nettle greens	New Zealand spinach	Okinawan spinach
Okra leaves	Orach greens	Orach leaves
Orange Fantasia chard	Oregano greens	Osaka Mustard
Osaka Purple mustard	Outredgeous lettuce	Papaya leaves
Parsley greens	Perennial kale	Perpetual chard
Perpetual spinach	Persian cress	Pink Passion chard
Plantain greens	Poppy greens	Portuguese kale
Premier kale	Prizehead lettuce	Purslane greens
Quinoa greens	Quinoa leaves	Ragged Jack kale
Rainbow chard	Ramp greens	Red Butterhead lettuce
Red Cardinal spinach	Red chard	Red Fire lettuce
Red Giant mustard	Red Malabar spinach	Red Rhubarb chard
Red Russian kale	Red Sails lettuce	Red Salad Bowl lettuce
Red Ursa kale	Red veined sorrel	Redbor kale
Regiment spinach	Rhubarb chard	Romaine lettuce
Rouge Grenobloise lettuce	Ruby Red chard	Ruby Streaks mustard
Sage greens	Salad Bowl lettuce	Scarlet kale
Sea kale	Sea lettuce	Sesame greens
Sesame leaves	Sheep sorrel	Siberian kale
Silverado chard	Simpson Elite lettuce	Sissoo spinach
Sorrel	Sorrel greens	Southern Giant Curled mustard
Space spinach	Speckled Trout lettuce	Spinach
Stem lettuce	Summer Crisp lettuce	Sunflower greens
Sunflower leaves	Swiss chard	Tango lettuce
Taro leaves	Tarragon greens	Tendergreen mustard
Thousandhead kale	Thyme greens	Tree collard
Tree spinach	Tronchuda kale	Tyee spinach
Upland cress	Vates collard	Violet greens
Waldmanns Green lettuce	Walking Stick kale	Warrigal greens
Wasabi greens	Wasabi mustard greens	Water spinach
Watercress	Watermelon greens	Watermelon leaves
White mustard	White Russian kale	White Silver chard
Wild arugula	Wild collards	Wild cress
Wild endive	Wild kale	Wild lettuce
Wild mustard	Wild mustard greens	Wild sea kale
Wild sea lettuce	Wild sorrel	Wild spinach
Wild watercress	Winter cress	Winter Density lettuce
Winter Marvel lettuce	Winter Wonderland lettuce	Wood sorrel
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