Spineless Caper

Capers have a piquant spicy mustard – pepper flavor, and are used as condiments, for sauces, fish, chicken and pasta. Unique for its lack of thorns spineless capers are a low sprawling shrub to 3 ft, with arching stems and dark green, semi-succulent dark green round leaves. From May-October the plants produce small flower buds, which are harvested and used commercially as capers. If left unpicked these flower buds form large, exotic delicate scented pinkish-white flowers with long lavender stamens which open in the morning and close in the afternoon.