Gilmore Ziemer is owner of Coyote Moon , a spicy gourmet foods retail business, and is author of The Carefree Cook's Lighter Side of the Southwest. They are small and green with a thin parchment-like covering.
Tomatillos have a tangy, lemony flavor.
They are bushy plants and resemble Chinese lantern plants when growing. Growing Tomatillos are incredibly easy to grow. They are annual plants in most of the United States and should be planted in the spring for late summer or fall harvest. The plants grow to be two to four feet in height and, if my plants are typical examples, as wide as they are tall. They are normally drought resistant and don't require a lot of maintenance.