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Organic Claytonia | Miner’s Lettuce
40 days to harvest
Claytonia perfoliata
HEIRLOOM and NATIVE It’s true, Claytonia is it: Our favorite salad green of all time. As delectable as she is cold-hardy, Claytonia is bright & juicy like succulent, mineral spinach. A fabulous cut-and-come-again salad green, we savor her many cuttings in fall & throughout winter when the temperature rises above freezing as well as in spring, when Claytonia regrows like an emerald carpet before flowering in the heat of May.
| Size | Price | Quantity# | Availability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 Seeds | $3.95 | In stock |
Organic Claytonia | Miner’s Lettuce
Planting Method: Direct Sow Only
When to sow: Mid-spring to late summer
Sowing and seedling care: Sow seeds 1/2″ apart in rows 8-12″ apart. Thin. Our final succession sown 4-6 weeks before frost overwinters easily, especially with row cover, for winter as well as spring harvests.
Seed Depth: 1/8 inch
Days to Germination: 4-9
Spacing after thinning: 4-6 inches
Days to Harvest: 40
Height: 4-8 inches
Harvest: Snip leaf pairs with scissors and plants will re-grow readily for continuous harvest. Claytonia naturalizes readily in orchards and polyculture plantings.
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stu (verified owner) –
I am thrilled to have (re)discovered this plant. It overwintered easily in my hoop house and sprang to life in spring. She is delicious and oddly female…hermaphrodite botanically speaking. She got leggy in late spring, went to seed and dropped them on the ground. I will reserve this space for her and will plant this and mache (her male consort?) in early fall (along with some cold hardy lettuces) in an effort to have harvest-able greens all winter.
Hooray!