Capparis Spinosa 20 Seeds, Edible Caper Bush, Flinders Rose Shrub Garden Flowers

Capparis SpinosaAlso known as: The Caper Bush, Flinders RoseA useful and beautiful plant in the Caper Family, the Capparidaceae.The plant is best known for the edible flower buds (capers), often used as a seasoning, and the fruit (caper berry), both of which are usually consumed pickled. They are offered as a sort of Hors d'oeuvre to stimulate the appetite or to increase the desire to eat. Capers are essential for several Mediterranean cuisines and many Italian dishes. They are mostly applied to tomato or wine sauces and fit well to poultry and fish.It is a perennial winter-deciduous plant that bares rounded, fleshy leaves. The flowers, which grow on long petioles between the leaves, are very attractive with white petals and many long purple stamens. Each flower usually lasts only 24 hours, but there is a continual opening of flowers along the stem. Caper shrubs are unusual and attractive ornamentals that flower their second or third year and live for decades, steadily producing more b