Quote Originally Posted by CopperNGold View Post
Yes, there are some great books. The other difficulty is the blazing heat in the summer in the afternoon from about 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. I'm working on an herb garden that will withstand all the above conditions. So far, rosemary works best, and I am going to try to do an indoor garden off the kitchen mudroom this spring, and a rockery herb garden in a shaded area at the back of the property that gets some shade and dappled sunlight.

I was going to suggest rosemary, but I wasn't sure what your winters are like. Asparagus should do well, but there aren't flowers. You can let some of them fern out though. Like I said, it's your winters that I'm not sure about with the salt tolerant plants I know from down here.