100 Miner'S Lettuce Winter Purslane Spinach Claytonia Perfoliata Vegetable Seeds

• Name: Miner's Lettuce
• Other Common Names: Winter Purslane / Indian Lettuce / Cuban Spinach / Spring Beauty
• Scientific Name: Claytonia Perfoliata Syn. Montia Perfoliata
• Color: White Flowers
• Plant Seeds: Outdoors After Frost / Indoors Weeks Before Last Frost
• Bloom Time: May - July
• Harvest: Leaves Beginning In Jan
• Hardiness Zone: 5 - 9
• Plant Height: 6 - 12"
• Plant Spacing: 9"
• Light Requirements: Sun - Shade
• Soil & Water Preferences: Moist - Wet
• Quantity: 100 Seeds
• Other: Miner's Lettuce Can Grow In Any Level Of Light & Poor Soil. It Likes Moist Shade The Best. Although The Plants Are Annuals, They Are Fast Growing & Make A Wonderful Groundcover. Although Different In Many Ways, The Green Flower Backings Remind Me Of Bells Of Ireland. The Leaves Of Miner’s Lettuce Turn Red In Fall. The Young Leaves Can Be Eaten In Salads, & The Leaves Have The Same Taste Whether Plant Is In Flower Or Not. The Leaves Are Crunchy, Mild, & Tender. They Are Also High In Vitamins.