Known as 'French scorzonera' or Bright Eyes. A sweet, crunchy evergreen perennial salad leaf. A good substitute for lettuce with a pleasant cucumber-like flavour. Said to be slug-proof too. Widely grown and eaten in Italy and Greece. Happy on most soils, including heavy clay and sandy soil. Tolerates partial shade. Hardy down to -5 to -10C. Priced for a 9 cm pot