20 CAPER BUSH Edible Capers Flinders Rose Flower Capparis Spinosa Shrub Seeds

DESCRIPTION: NAME: Caper Bush OTHER COMMON NAMES: Flinders Rose SCIENTIFIC NAME: Capparis Spinosa COLOR: White - Light Pink Flowers with long Violet Stamens PLANT SEEDS: Fall sow seeds or cold stratify BLOOM TIME: Early Spring - Fall HARVEST: Spring & Fall HARDINESS ZONE: 8 - 11 PLANT HEIGHT: 3 - 4' PLANT SPACING: 6 - 8' LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average QUANTITY: 20 Seeds OTHER: The Caper is an evergreen shrub with shiny thick green leaves. It grows best in semiarid - arid climates but can grown in containers in other regions. This small bush has no problem with rocky, gravelly, or sandy soil. In the wild it can even be found growing in the crevices & cracks of walls. This tough plant can tolerate temps of over 105F (41C). "Capers" are the edible flower buds of the caper bush that have been pickled in salt. The buds are picked when they are dark green & the size of a corn kernel for pickling during which they develop the wonderful f