If you enjoy growing plants that are decorative and also edible, I have a good one for you. Give capers a try. They are a very pretty bush that I grow in a large pot. They die down each winter and need to have the old growth trimmed back. Then come spring it sends out new growth. The caper berries are the flower buds before they open. I pick the berries and put them in a salt brine to cure. It takes several weeks. Rinse them in fresh water before using if you find them too salty. Tuna salad on a bed of lettuce, sprinkled with capers is a favorite at our house.
If the flower buds are not picked they open into a very pretty white flower. This plant can be found in a nursery that specializes in herbs. I have been growing this bush for about ten years. It is native to the Mediterranean. Try it, you'll like it.
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