I Donation as well - to my eye it's more of a medium pink. I think it must be pretty tolerant of less-than-ideal conditions because I kept it in a not-big-enough container for many years (before I knew any better) then planted it in the ground in the sandy soil, with compost but it still drains like a sieve.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.