For the shaded area, on the wall, I would plant Alba Semi Plena, and Felicite Parmentier, from vintagegardens.com or Hortico.com (mail order in September) with six hours of full sun you have a wide choice of roses in our latitude, From roguevalleyroses.com and a.r.e. on the wall with trellising support Crepescule on the wall Marachel Niel on the wall, Spray Cecille Brunner, on the wall Mme. Alfred Carriere Reve d'Or or grown with lower canes removed as a self supporting bush. from pickeringnurseries.com in septermber Celine Forestier grown as a bush or climber M.A.C. Alistair Stlella Gray for a climbing rose or stripped of lower canes and grown as a 6' tall shrub. pickeringnurseries.com For deep and rich fragrance. vintagegardens.com Mme. Boll Musk scent. Reverend Seidel R. moschata I'd plant several of these in a row where the breeze with carry the sweet musk scent for several yards away from the bush. Horico.com Arrilaga , huge spiral centered silvery pink cabbage shaped roses, good rebloom, needs full sun for those large blooms and gets some p.m. nearer the coast. Baronne Prevost very fragrant and disease resistant, here. Autumn Damask' roguevalleyroses.com fragrant and very pretty. Grandmothers Hat, a great reliable rose, Morcom park in Oakland has several of these planted in a row, grown 5' tall, as well as a climbing rose. fragrant and disease resistant. annies annuals may have some if rogue valley has sold out. vintagegardens has already sold out of all the Tea roses, but you could buy these from roguevalley roses.com or a.r.e.: Mrs. B.R. Cant , pink, fragrant and long blooming season, it blooms from March through early December in my garden. Westside Road Cream Tea' white and scented, 4' by 4' 1/2' tall, very resistant to p.m. a row of these with Grandmothers Hat in back would be my idea of fragrant beauty. , i Cornelia' from hortico.com they sell it as a Musk rose, it is my favorite rose bred by Pemberton, small blossoms in profusion, scented of musk and rose. Blush Noisette' Mermaid (hortico.com a climbing rose that I've espaliered on my back fence to keep it in line, spicy fragrant lemon yellow rose with beautiful red filiments. Red and fragrant Hybrid Tea rosebushes, disease resistant in my no spray gardens: Souvenir du Claudius DeNoyal Crimson Glory Papa Meilland , not floriferous but the cupped roses are huge goblets filled with perfume, when fed well. In our latitude all the China, Old Garden Tea and Noisette rose are shade tolerant, for roses this means they still need 6 hours of full sun, or 4 hours of full sun and 4 hours of filtered sun the most fragrant Tea I've ever smelled is 'Anna Olivier' it is very disease resistant even on the coast by the highway near Monteray. alba class roses need fewer hours of sun: 4 to 5 will serve in this latitude, all Alba roses bloom for 3 to 4 weeks in one bloom season each year, but they are very pretty plants even when out of bloom. I have grown all the roses listed above except for Reverend Seidel' in my no spray gardens in Oakland, and Richmond, Califonria. Roses to avoid in no-spray gardens in or near San Francisco, Ca or wherever conditoins favor the spread of powdery mildew: Georgetown Tea Ducher' both defoliated in my garden from p.m. and this greatly lessened bloom production. Feed the soil first before you think of fertilzing. I love Orchard Hardwares "Rose Soil" I used to have to mix c. 10 different items and micronutriets with alfalfa meal and bone meal etc. but its all in the rose soil. I use 1/2 bag for each hole for a regular sized rosebush (4 to 5' tall) to a full bag for climbers, and large Tea rosebushes, be sure and mix native soil in with it, or you will get the bathtub effect. 50% to 60% rose soil depending on if you have the heavy California clay that I do. a shovel full of well rotted manure, horse is very good, organic steer manure is also fine 25% to 33% of native soil, the soil from the hole you dug. well rotted compost to bring it up to 100% just f.y.i. I'd do a ph test before you begin, roses like slightly acid soil, do another test after you mix the soil blend and plant the first rosebush. Good luck, Luxrosa

I would suggest Musella lasiocarpa (Chinese banana) and Himalayan banana (sikkimenisis). Both are cool tolerant. Chinese banana is also has a reliable and long bloom period.

Hi, juniork, thanks for your compliments about our "sites"! We actually were referred to our home/plan designer by a general contractor who was an acquaintance of ours. What we liked about our designer was his laid-back personality and the fact that he was very easy to work with. We also really wanted someone who would let us design the home ourselves and who had the experience and knowledge to provide us with input and guidance on layout and flow, so he fit our needs perfectly. I know what you mean about the *cost* of building in the Bay Area, but one thing that has helped us with our budget is that we don't limit our bids to contractors/vendors that are located in the immediate vicinity of where we're building. You can see where our team members are from on the "team" page on our site, but I'd say so far it's 50/50 between local and out-of-area. Anyway, I'd love to share my resources with you, so please feel free to contact me either through my GW page or through my website: Here is a link that might be useful: Send me an instant message through VineyardAvenue.com

A site in the Bay area where you can build a house...What a lucky person! I would think that you would want to put the most beautiful and well designed and built structure on your property as possible. Given this rare opportunity, I would suggest that you find an architect - one who designs 'green' and is sensitive to the land. In the end, for many reasons, an architect can save you at least the fee that she or he charges, help you develop and express your own unique vision of home, and create a structure that will be a testament to conscientious building rather than another blight on the land. As an alternative, you may find architecturally designed homes on these websites: healthyhomeplans.com or architecturalhouseplans.com These plans have been designed and built for actual clients, and are offered as an alternative to standard stock plans. If you find a plan, you could take it to an architect or engineer to detail for your particular codes and conditions. I think there are a number of plans that were designed for sloped properties. An architect or engineer could easily modify the plans to work with your conditions. Good luck with your project!