Hi Leslie, I tried to post last night but could not. I contacted Garden Web and got things fixed! I have several named plants that have to be moved/thinned in the next month, as soon as the weather cools. Here are some that I will be working on: Seductor Which Way Jim Persian Market Anne Gehry Artistic Masterpiece Pandora's Box Classic Caper Spanish Masquerade Catherine Woodbury Royal Braid Orchid Candy Feisty Christmas Is Siloam Double Classic Siloam Ury Winniford Blue Sheen Most can be double fans or better. Please let me know as I am interested in several of your plants. Thanks, Linda

You can find information at the PSA site. How exciting for you to have your seedling in blooming stage. I'm still waiting for mine to do something. Congratulations! http://www.theplumeriasociety.org/ Please do post pictures would love to see it. Janet

You've pretty much asked people on a forum to do some extensive research for you... without providing any input yourself. Being in zone 4 and purple in zone 8, we're probably not too familiar with what's easily available for zone 6. If you want annuals, they "generally" bloom continuously from the minute you put them in the ground until frost knocks them down. If it's perennials your looking for - you'll have to research names of plants for your zone that you like and note their usual bloom time - which is pretty much once a season with a little give and take according to weather and the other usual conditions. Then you buy X because it blooms in May, Y because it blooms in June, Z because it blooms in August... well, you get the picture. Head for the library or surf the net for things like zone 6 garden calendar bloom times, etc. I have quite a few garden areas - I've never bothered with spread sheets and rely on reading the plant tags when I'm looking at new aquisitions.

I spent quite a big chunk of my childhood living in Argentina, with a similar culture and lifestyle to Paraguay. We also had a live in housekeeper with her own bedroom and bathroom, but years ago people did not entertain in their kitchens, so there was only one kitchen, which was a separate room with doors. It seems the open concept house, with most of the action taking place in the kitchen, has also become a concept for those in some areas of South America, hence the need for 2 kitchens. Did you know that many of the mainland Chinese immigrants with larger homes also have 2 kitchens. The second kitchen is quite small and called a Wok kitchen. All the greasy/smoky cooking is done there. You will see these quite often in CA. Since the parilla is going in an "indoor" room you will need to use a vent hood above it to remove smoke and grease. I miss a good asado de tira and mollejas! Any plans for a basement? We had one under part of the house in Buenos Aires and it was a great space for storage and my father had a small workshop set up for himself. The floor in the entry was glass block which let light into the basement area. It was a very modern house at that time. You could do much better with closet placement in the bedrooms and storage (pantry, linen closet, utility closet). The maids room needs a closet. What are you storing in room "deposito"? I know that in many area of South America closets are done as furniture pieces that buyers will add after they buy a house, but since you are building it would make sense to build them into the plan.