Re: Aphids and soapy spray

On Mon, 12 May 2008 13:49:55 +0100, Charlie Pridham
<charlie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>> 
>Yes, Lupin aphids is what they are called! they came over from america in

>the 1980 and took hold in Cornwall because of the quantity of Tree lupins

>(they used to use them to stabilise the china clap waste tips) they 
>quickly spread all over europe and unlike all the other aphids seem to 
>actually kill the plant
>-- 
>Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
>www.roselandhouse.co.uk 
>Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and 
>Lapageria rosea

They don't seem to have got to New Zealand yet.  The m***** of "wild"
lupins we saw there were totally free of aphids.  

Pam in Bristol