Capparis spinosa seed

LATIN NAME: Capparis spinosa

COMMON NAME: Caper Bush

The caper bush is a handsome, low, spreading, woody-based shrub of the dry, warm regions, and its fine, round, leathery leaves and its large, showy, white or pinkish, four-petalled flowers with the many long stamens, followed by the small, oval, green fruits, have made it a treasured and long-known plant of the warm regions. It grows as a low, spreading, woody-based shrub, reaching up to one metre or a little more, with the low, spreading, branched stems bearing the alternate, round, oval, leathery, bluish-green leaves and, through the summer, the large, showy, white or pinkish, four-petalled flowers with the many long, protruding stamens, followed by the small, oval, green fruits. It is a species of the flowering shrub in the caper family, and it is native to the dry, warm regions of the Mediterranean and the western Asia, while it is prized for its fine flower buds and its fruits, and it is known as the caper bush.

The caper bush belongs to the caper family, Capparaceae, and it is a species of the low, spreading, woody-based shrub, native to the dry, warm regions of the Mediterranean and the western Asia, while it is prized for its fine flower buds and its fruits, and it is known as the caper bush. It is prized for its large, showy, white or pinkish flowers and its fine, pickled buds.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The caper bush has a real and distinguished place in the research. It has been studied in the food science and the traditional use, since the fine, unopened flower buds and the young fruits of the caper bush have a long history of use as the treasured, pickled capers of the kitchen, and researchers have examined the buds and their composition, while the value of the capers in the fine cooking of the many lands has drawn attention in the international food and agricultural press, and the study of the pickled capers has been of continuing interest across the world. The plant has also been studied in the botany and the ecology, since it is a native of the dry, warm regions of the Mediterranean and the western Asia, and its relationships, its distribution and its role in the dry places have been examined, while the ecology of the dry-region shrubs has been of continuing interest, and its fine, round, leathery leaves have been of interest to the botanists. The species has also been studied in the ecology of the insects, since the large, showy, white or pinkish flowers of the caper bush are a fine source of the nectar for the bees and the butterflies, and researchers have examined the flowers and their value, while the study of the nectar plants of the warm regions has been of continuing interest, and the caper bush is a fine friend of the pollinating insects. For a plant of such fine value, the caper bush has a rich and continuing record of study.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

Ecologically, the caper bush is a generous plant of the warm garden. Its large, showy, white or pinkish flowers feed the bees and the butterflies, and its fine, low, woody-based growth gives a neat, leafy presence to the dry garden and the rock garden.

Its economic value is real. The caper bush is prized for its fine, unopened flower buds and its young fruits, and its value has drawn attention in the international food and agricultural press, while its fine, pickled buds have been a treasured flavour of the kitchen of the many lands. For a grower, the caper bush is an easy and rewarding shrub, and for a gardener of the dry, warm places it brings a white-flowered, bud-bearing shrub to the dry garden. The seeds are easy to start — give them a quick dip in warm water, then sow them just below the surface of a pot of gritty, free-draining soil, keep them lightly watered in a warm, sunny spot, and they’ll be sprouting steadily, growing on into a white-flowered, bud-bearing shrub.