It's pink. This winter it only went about two weeks without a full blossom but had a shitload of buds even in the snow. I'll see if I can figure out how to send you a clipping - WARNING - it likes a LOT of space!!!! You can clip the hell out of it and it still grows back. The stems usually have a dozen or more full flowers at a time. I both love it and hate it (mostly because it actively attacks you when you walk past it).

I'd have to root it before sending it, unless you want to graft it. Let me know.

. . . that the buds survived? Freaky.

You can whack the crap out of it and it thinks it's a good thing.