Last Sunday as I was taking pictures I decided to collect some capers from the plants that grow on the walls along the road at Chadwick Lakes. I was not the only person picking capers but I was probably the only one who looked closely at the flowers of this common plant. Perhaps it is the photoagrphy which makes me see things that others often fail to see as we have a tendency to overlook common and familiar objects, especially if they have a utilitarian value. The flower of the caper is one of them as although it is extremely common throughout the Maltese islands, few people are able to describe its flowers in any detail. Five minutes of close observation is all it takes to discover the delicate beauty of this ubiquitous flower.
The caper is a common plant found growing out of cliff faces and rocky habitats throughout the Mediterranean. It is also found on stonewalls and bastions which to the caper plant, are the same as a cliff face.
It grows in the form of a bush with fleshy round leaves which fall off during the winter months. Large white flowers, which can be up to six centimeters in diameter, appear between May and July.
The caper is a common plant found growing out of cliff faces and rocky habitats throughout the Mediterranean. It is also found on stonewalls and bastions which to the caper plant, are the same as a cliff face.
It grows in the form of a bush with fleshy round leaves which fall off during the winter months. Large white flowers, which can be up to six centimeters in diameter, appear between May and July.
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