All fruit trees prefer full sun. For your location I think apples espaliered would work the best. I would plan on keeping them about 6 feet which would be easy to support and prune and pick. Al

Deciduous choices: 1. A small native tree, cercis occidentalis (Western redbud). Gets to about 15 feet. Usually grows as a multi-trunk. Usually blooms better inland where it gets colder. Attracts hummingbirds. Doesn't bloom heavily near the coast where I live. Rounded shape and leaves. Well-behaved rootwise. Mine is 5 feet from our pool. 2. Chaste tree (vitex agnus-castus). Great, reliable summer bloomer, even near the coast. Attracts hummers and butterflies. Roots well behaved--ours is also 5 feet from the pool like our cercis occidentalis. To about 15 feet. We've grown ours as a multi-trunk. Some people like to keep the tree trimmed as a large shrub. (You can see a small portion of the Western redbud in the foreground to the left.) 3. Forest pansy redbud (cercis canadensis). This one blooms better (at least in my location) than my native redbud.

I've had pears, peaches, figs, persimmons, and citrus in close to a full shade area before, and all of them have produced. With that said, my persimmon tree actually grew out toward the sun so much until it was ready to fall over. The roots were coming out of the ground. We had to do some severe pruning on the tree or it would have fallen down completely in the next couple years. Pears - our pineapple pear has produced in the shade for many years as well, and although it hasn't fallen over, it still tends to want to grow toward the sunlight, making it look fairly ugly over the years. About 8 of the citrus trees we have are planted in full or partial shade, shaded by the house, oak trees, bald cypress, river birch, and red maples, and they seem to do well with very little pruning. The peach tree we had produced well for many years, but it was always kind of leggy in the shade. Last, our fig trees have always grown in a good amount of shade, and they usually have a good crop 8 or 9 out of ten years or so. They don't have a huge problem with the shade because of being heavily pruned every year. So, they don't have a chance to go leggy.

Anything in the mint or basil family... both families are full of heavy re-seeding perrenials that will come back year after year. Mints: List Basils: List Lemon Balm (in the mint family also) Oregano (there are a few varieties ranging in scent/taste) Sage Lavender Thymes (i suggest regular thyme and 'lemon thyme', latter of which is amazing, but there are many, ex: Caraway Thyme, Italian Oregano Thyme, Orange Balsam Thyme, Lemon Thyme, etc.) Tarragon Anise (great re-seeder, great smell, not many practical uses I've found, good bee attractor!) Shiso --- if you want purple shiso seeds, please let me know, i have five million of them and will spend the postage to send you some, this goes for other GA GW members as well! reseeds profusely! Lemongrass Chives, garlic, scallions PEPPERS! I would also consider peppers, if you're a pepper fan. so many different varieties are available, in all types of heats. i just got turned onto using fresh peppers. there are a lot of things you can do to reduce the heat on peppers that would otherwise be "inedible" to most, such as jalapenos - take out the seeds, saute in a frying pan with oil, then add salt, and you can all but kill the heat. some light-heat/no-heat peppers i would recommend trying: poblano, sweet banana, anaheim, ancho, pimento. some medium-to-higher-heat peppers that are good to give a kick to your food: chipotle, jalapeno, serrano, guajillo I could probably go on and on, but you've only got so many pots! As all of this has been said, consider getting some long, rectangular planters (the 18" x 6" ones) and planting various salad greens. You can find nice hangers for these and easily dedicate a tall skinny section of fence to nothing but salad growing. they make drip trays for them also that will hold water. greens are pretty easy to take care of, especially on an east facing area where they're not bombarded by sun all day long (dries out the soil). consider using a "moisture control" potting mix and lightlight mulching the salad planters once they've gotten an inch or two of shoots showing.