I suspect you have pink Hydrangeas - meaning acid. If you lime around it
it will be blue. Maybe you took high school Chem or Gen Science - litmus paper
uses like chemicals as the plants have.

Rootstock is the roots and it comes up to a joint - like a ball. Above that
is the Rose you bought. The roots provide a good supply of food to the top.
Simply - grafted on.

Martin [ still learning about Roses but has lots of practice on plants ]
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wrote:
Thank you both for your kind answers. I didn't know enough about roses
to know any of this. I didn't know what rootstock was.
It was planted right next to the house in the back, very near the
foundation. In the front it's by the mailbox and near an oasis of trees
and oakleaf hydrangeas. It continues to be pink and pink-ish. Thanks
again for your help!


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