Bugs on lupins

Hi everyone,

I'm just back from holiday to find the aphids have finally destroyed my aphids. Although one plant had already been eaten the other two were flowering really well and are now just storks shooting into the air. They are covered head to toe in aphids. Shall I just cut them right down now and hope for them to grow back next year? Or cut them right down and try a garlic spray, considering there will be no flowers anymore so no bees to hurt? Or cut them right down and try an insecticide? They are my best flowers and I don't want to lose them!

 

I'd try the cut back and garlic spray Wren, I'm going to try the same for aphids. Lots of pollinating bees near by that can be hit by the insecticides. The Queens gardeners' swear by it for her Buckingham Palace's roses. I've heard milk and water works as a natural fungicide for mildew.