Lady in Speckled Pink Kimono

If you have read my earlier posts about this lady, you may remember that she smells of peony and vanilla. She was the reason why I bought a peony plant for my garden, a Peonia lactiflora Sarah Bernhardt (picture below, this is not my own plant). Sadly enough the plant lost the branch with its largest flower bud because of a mysterious rot at ground level. And now the three other buds seem to have dried out. I have seen this kind of browning of flower buds on one of my roses, blush noisette, when she has had too much rain. And we have had a lot of rain lately, so perhaps Sarah suffers from rain as well. I don't know. But it seems that I shall not have any peonies in my garden this year, or I must buy a new plant already in bloom. I may even do that. Or ask one for my birthday, which is in two weeks time.

Earlier posts:
http://scentwise.blogspot.com/2012/03/lady-in-speckled-pink-kimono-this-is.html

http://scentwise.blogspot.com/2012/03/lady-in-speckled-pink-kimono-i-am-still.html

http://scentwise.blogspot.com/2012/03/lady-in-speckled-pink-kimono-when-i.html

http://scentwise.blogspot.com/2012/05/lady-in-speckled-pink-kimono-peony-in.html