Aphids across the plant library
109 of the 505 plant guides in this library name aphids among their pests. Every one is listed below, linked to its guide and grouped by the kind of plant it is, so you can see at a glance which corners of a garden it turns up in.
This is the library read down a column instead of across a row. Each plant guide names its own pests; nobody publishes the other view — which of the plants you actually grow share one, and whether the timing they record agrees.
The 109 plants that list aphids
Grouped by plant type. Where the library attached a note to the entry — “rare”, “on seedlings”, “in wet clay” — that note is printed next to the plant, verbatim, because two plants can name the same pest and mean opposite things by it.
trees14
American Linden (Basswood)Tilia americanahoneydew
AppleMalus domestica
Crape MyrtleLagerstroemia indica hybrids
Flowering CherryPrunus × yedoensis / serrulata
Flowering CrabappleMalus hybrids
GrapefruitCitrus × paradisi
KumquatCitrus japonica
LimeCitrus × aurantiifolia / latifolia
Mandarin / TangerineCitrus reticulata
OrangeCitrus × sinensis
PecanCarya illinoinensis
River BirchBetula nigrahoneydew drip — don't park under
Tulip PoplarLiriodendron tulipiferahoneydew mist in droughty summers
Weeping WillowSalix babylonica / alba hybrids
shrubs10
Beach PlumPrunus maritimalighter than orchard plums
Camellia (Japonica)Camellia japonica
CurrantRibes spp.
GardeniaGardenia jasminoides
Goji BerryLycium barbarum
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifoliuson tips — beneficials usually handle
OsmanthusOsmanthus fragrans
Rose of SharonHibiscus syriacus
SpireaSpiraea japonica / × vanhoutteiminor
vines5
perennials21
AlfalfaMedicago sativa
Banana (Edible)Musa acuminata hybrids
Bleeding HeartLamprocapnos spectabilisminor
CardoonCynara cardunculus
DelphiniumDelphinium elatum
FennelFoeniculum vulgare
Garden MumChrysanthemum × morifolium
Globe ArtichokeCynara scolymusin the bud scales — soak-and-shake at harvest
LupineLupinus 'Russell Hybrids'lupine aphid can be heavy
MarshmallowAlthaea officinalis
OreganoOriganum vulgare subsp. hirtumrare
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Roman ChamomileChamaemelum nobileminor
Sacred LotusNelumbo nucifera
Shasta DaisyLeucanthemum × superbum
SteviaStevia rebaudiana
Sweet MarjoramOriganum majoranarare
WasabiEutrema japonicum
Water LilyNymphaea hybridshose them into the water for the fish
WatercressNasturtium officinale
Wild LupineLupinus perennis
biennials4
annuals44
Bachelor's Button (Cornflower)Centaurea cyanus
BasilOcimum basilicum
Breadseed PoppyPapaver somniferum
BroccoliBrassica oleracea var. italica
Brussels SproutsBrassica oleracea var. gemmiferalove the sprouts themselves
CabbageBrassica oleracea var. capitata
CalendulaCalendula officinalisminor
CantaloupeCucumis melo
CauliflowerBrassica oleracea var. botrytis
CeleryApium graveolens
CelosiaCelosia argentea
Celtuce (Stem Lettuce)Lactuca sativa var. augustana
Cilantro / CorianderCoriandrum sativumrare
Cleome (Spider Flower)Cleome hassleriana
Collard GreensBrassica oleracea var. viridis
CosmosCosmos bipinnatusrare
CucumberCucumis sativus
Endive & EscaroleCichorium endivia
Field Pea (Austrian Winter Pea)Pisum sativum subsp. arvense
Flowering TobaccoNicotiana alata & sylvestris
Geranium (Zonal)Pelargonium × hortorum
German ChamomileMatricaria chamomillarare
ImpatiensImpatiens walleriana
KaleBrassica oleracea
KohlrabiBrassica oleracea var. gongylodes
LarkspurConsolida ajacis
LettuceLactuca sativa
Luffa GourdLuffa aegyptiaca
Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia)Tithonia rotundifoliaon tips
Napa Cabbage (Chinese Cabbage)Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
OkraAbelmoschus esculentus
Pansy & ViolaViola × wittrockiana
PeaPisum sativum
PepperCapsicum annuum
PetuniaPetunia × atkinsiana
QuinoaChenopodium quinoa
Roselle (Tea Hibiscus)Hibiscus sabdariffa
Shungiku (Garland Chrysanthemum)Glebionis coronaria
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus
Southern Pea (Cowpea/Black-Eyed Pea)Vigna unguiculata
SpinachSpinacia oleracea
Stock (Gillyflower)Matthiola incana
Sweet PeaLathyrus odoratus
TomatoSolanum lycopersicum
bulbs6
succulent1
Where it concentrates
Botanical families with more than one affected plant in the library, counted from the same 109 guides above. 16 of 109 are Asteraceae.
- Asteraceae16 plants
- Brassicaceae11 plants
- Fabaceae8 plants
- Rosaceae6 plants
- Apiaceae5 plants
- Malvaceae5 plants
- Rutaceae5 plants
- Solanaceae5 plants
How the library qualifies it
Every distinct note the guides attach to an entry for aphids, verbatim, with how many plants carry it. The other 87 guides list it bare, with no qualifier at all.
- rare×6
- minor×4
- honeydew
- honeydew drip — don't park under
- honeydew mist in droughty summers
- hose them into the water for the fish
- in the bud scales — soak-and-shake at harvest
- lighter than orchard plums
- love the sprouts themselves
- lupine aphid can be heavy
- on new growth
- on new tips — hummingbirds and ladybugs patrol
- on tips
- on tips — beneficials usually handle
Shared timing — and where it doesn’t agree
These entries do not describe one shared window. The 2 guides that record a timing for aphids have no phrase in common, so there is no consensus to report and none is invented here. They are reproduced below exactly as the library holds them, each next to the plant it belongs to.
Quoted verbatim from the spray-timing fields of the guides that name aphids. Another 48 of the 109 record a program aimed at a different problem; those stay on their own guides.
- Growing
- Bt program; blast aphids out of sprouts early or they colonize.
- Dormant
- Dormant oil for scale/aphids.
Timing only — the label is the law
This page reports when the guides in this library say to watch for aphids and when a treatment is worth considering. It is not a recommendation to apply any product. Read and follow the product label before you spray — under federal law the label is the legal instruction, and using a pesticide against it is illegal.
- Check the pre-harvest interval. Every product that’s cleared for an edible crop sets a minimum number of days between spraying and picking. Find it on the label before you spray anything you intend to eat.
- Check the re-entry interval before you or anyone else works in the treated area again, and use the protective equipment the label names.
- Confirm the product is registered for your crop in your state. This page groups many different crops together, and a product legal on one of them is not legal on all of them — state registrations differ too. Your state pesticide agency or local extension office can confirm both.
- Rates and mixing instructions come from the label, never from us. We don’t publish them because they differ by product and formulation.
What else these plants get
Counted over the same 109 guides: the other problems most often listed on a plant that lists aphids. These are co-occurrences in the library’s own records, not a claim that one causes another.



















