These are miniature Tom Thumb butterhead lettuces.  An adorable (and really tasty) variety I grow every year.  They are charming in containers and charming as a border to a bed…pretty enough for the front garden in cool weather or partial shade.  They love a LOT of water so even though I grew these in small clay pots, I put them in this old enamel wash pan so that I could leave a little water in the bottom for them to sit in while I was gone away at work.  They get morning sun and afternoon shade.  They’re on the pathway out to the yard off my front porch and nestled up next to a hosta.  I won’t forget about them there and it’s fun to look at them :)

I harvested two for salad the other day that were grown in four inch plastic pots that didn’t need to be in the wash pan.