The west side of your house should be a good place for roses.
The one shown here,"Hermosa", is an example of what's available
at one of the growers in Tyler (click onimage):
Rereading this thread. Just noticed I was going on about California live oak, Quercus agrifolia, which is a different tree than Quercus virginiana, which I don't know about.
I finally figured out that Chai's front of house is facing south... don't want to trace back now to how I thought it was facing north.
