Pot Up Fruits and Vegetables Now, Feast All Summer

A head of loose-leaf lettuce can be snipped off completely a few inches above its base and will regrow.

Shown: 'Red Salad Bowl' Lettuce. Fine, maroon-colored leaves form around a large rosette from which you can harvest repeatedly throughout the season. The sweet and tender leaves look as good in containers as they do on a dinner plate. Grows up to 15 inches tall and 6 inches wide; requires up to 50 days to mature.
Zones 3-9