How much room do you have?

If a lot, you can use climbers, if a little, smaller, shrub roses.

I like Martha Gonzales for a small garden rose; bright red blooms,

adorable blue/green foliage with burgundy new growth,

evergreen even up here in the colder Dallas area.

The main thing you'll need to do is make sure your drainage is very good; roses can take a lot of rain as long as it doesn't drown their roots.

You might also look at the Antique Rose Emporium's site;

they have a handy chart for the zones, etc.

Also check out Liz Druitt's book, The Organic Rose Garden;

seems like she lives in the Nacogdoches area, & her books (heck, check 'em all out!) are easy, fun reads with a lot of good, useful info.

Also, Dr William Welch has a bunch of books about gardening in Texas, & while he isn't as chatty, his writing is clear, easy to understand, & to the point.

Ditto the Antique Rose Emporium website where you can search by size, etc.

I'm sorry, when I said replace I did not mean with new roses. I have found that in the area I live in it is just not smart to grow roses......I have many minature roses in containers, and they do well. I want suggestions for new plants to take the place of the in ground roses.

I have a 20' long and 4' wide area against a brick wall that gets at least 6 hours of hot Texas sun. Any new suggestions are welcome. Please and thank you.

You can find things that are suitable, you need to decide on the colors that will go with your brick. For example flame acanthus could take that easily, but it has small trumpet shaped orange flowers and light green leaves, which might not work.

Your options could include rosemary, the tall ruellia, copper canyon daisy (the leaves have an odor), salvias, verbena, rock rose, Brazilian rock rose (you can't get rid of it), African iris, various grasses (muhly, miscanthus, little blue stem) to name a few. What came through the 2011 heat wave for me (on the west side by the street & drive no less) was flame acanthus, red yucca and the rosemary. Those didn't bat an eye at 100 days of 100+ temps with very little water.

Sylvia and Carla, thank you so much. Good suggestions from both of you. I shall start planning for a fall planting. Again, thank you.

Jackie, there are some salvias that would work well for you also. And if you don't like the orange of Pride of Barbados, there is a yellow version, and a similar plant called caesalpinia gilliesii.

Tecoma stans/alta (Esperanza) is another long bloomer that can take the heat and should return reliably in Houston. 'Sangria', 'Bells of Fire' and other newer cultivars offer some nice alternatives to the standard yellow.