Here are some good rose sites:
http://www.rosemagazine.com/
http://www.hometime.com/Howto/projects/landgardn/land_11.htm
Rose growing in south central Texas:
http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/publications/roses/rose.html
http://www.gardenersnet.com/rose.htm
http://www.ars.org/
Thanks for those links, they look great. I just snuck a peek at the front page of gardener's net.