Consumer Q's: Lettuce blooms, herbal teas and backyard birds - Statesboro Herald

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Consumer Q's: Lettuce blooms, herbal teas and backyard birds

Pineapple sage is grown for its pineapple-scented leaves and its attractive red flowers. The leaves may be used in herbal teas and fruit salads. The flowers may be used in fruit salads or in green salads and are a magnet for hummingbirds in late summer and fall. - photo by ARTY SCHRONCE/special

wconsq — Pineapple sage is grown for its pineapple-scented leaves and its attractive red flowers. The leaves may be used in herbal teas and fruit salads. The flowers may be used in fruit salads or in green salads and are a magnet for hummingbirds in late summer and fall. - photo by ARTY SCHRONCE/special

Question: The lettuce I grew this spring is flowering now. I usually pull it up and plant something else but did not do that this year. This is the first time I have seen lettuce bloom.

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