RE: Capparis spinosa

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I’ve heard that in Sicily they stick the berry into a fig and tuck it into a stone wall.  We’ve propagated our plant through cuttings rather than seed.  Our plant is in gravel/sand/bit of soil on a mound and gets only an occasional water in summer and full winter rain.  Looks fine and is growing and flowering well.  It does not lose its leaves in winter here.

 

Here’s the blurb from Wikipedia:

 

Capers can be grown easily from fresh seed, gathered from ripe fruit and planted into well drained seed-raising mix. Seedlings will appear in 2-4 weeks. Old, stored seeds enter a state of dormancy and require cold stratification in order to germinate. Cuttings from semi-hardwood shoots taken in autumn may root, but this is not a reliable means of propagation.

 

Caper plants prefer full sun in warm/temperate climates and should be treated much like cacti. They require regular watering in summer and very little during winter and are deciduous, though in warmer climates they may simply stop growing.

 

Cheers,

Bracey

San Jose