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Originally Posted by geonagle

New snowbird that will be here in TV from October thru April.

Questions for those who are growing knockout roses here...

Will they bloom thruout the winter, if not for what duration are they flowerless? How drought tolerant/ lack of care tolerant for the Summer when I'll be gone?
Any good varieties that are 3-5 foot tall, more like a shrub and red?

Thanks in advance for your help.

I have a knockout plant that looks like a tree, so the answer is that there are a variety like you're asking about. You might have to train it to grow that way if you can't find one at a nursery.

I can't tell you much more since ours was already planted when we bought our previously owned home a couple of years ago. What little I can tell you is that they're in the same family as the drift rose plant whereas the drift rose is more of a lower growing ground cover type of plant. The following website might give you a better answer to what you're looking for than I'm capable of doing:

P. Allen Smith Garden Home