Roses and most other garden flowers need about an inch of water weekly. If the tag that came with your new plant says, 'keep soil evenly moist', you may need to water more than once a week. This is an excellent reason for applying the principles of Xeriscape which include planting native plants. A native plant can be one that grows here naturally or one that has is adapted to our unique growing conditions. Since we have lots of fence space at my home, the plants of the month are vines.
Vines are great for covering fence lines fairly quickly and adding interest at the same time.
To get some ideas, I called Mark Fox of Mark Fox Landscaping in Bacliff and Heidi Sheesley of Treesearch Farms. Mark and Heidi are some of the most knowledgeable and experienced nurserymen in the area when it comes to Texas natives. Mark and Heidi suggested several vines for this area. Some were well known to me and others were not. Treesearch Farms grows many natives including vines and supplies them to local nurseries.