Bloody aphids and whitefly are eating my lilies!

[TaighNamGastaOrt]

I'm not the most green fingered of folk but I have lovely pots and a wee wildflower bed. With the unusually warmer weather, my lilies have grown earlier this year. Noticed today the buds are gone-munched away!
Crawling with aphids and whitefly and not a ladybird to be seen! I've washed off what I can, but need to spray my poor plants!
Whats the best spray to use? I'd prefer something not too toxic if poss but I do need these gone before they munch my other plants!
Thanks!!

Just diluted washing up liquid: spray on liberally, leave for an hour, then spray em off with plain water. Has worked on my lilies!

thanks sandy! will the washing up liquid harm the plants when I wash it off? I'll try that tomorrow! Gutted, I rescued my lily pot from the dump, they come in lovely every year.

If the buds have been munched on it may be lily beetles or slugs, aphids don't munch they suck (little shits). Check the plant, pots and underneath them for any critters.

Def do the diluted washing up liquid and then rinse with normal water.

You also need to attract some birds, they love aphids and \or get a friend with a larger garden to give you some ladybirds.

Or just remove them by hand ,with gloves on, of course.

If it's the buds that are munched I'd suspect slugs (check at night time with a torch0, if it's the leaves, then lily beetle - bright orangey red things that drop off the moment the see you and lie on their backs on the ground so they're camouflaged.

I agree that the damage is more likely to come from slugs or lily beetles. I've been zapping the greenfly on my roses with soapy water, but yesterday spotted a sparrow picking them off, so hope that's going to be the no effort, organic solution from now on.

You need to check for lily beetles, bright red. I am getting loads and check my lilies twice a day and squash them!

Thanks for advice! I sprayed diluted washing up liquid and removed the little sods by hand! Then rinsed. Pulled out pots, rehomed a dozen snails to field! Tidied up a bit but didn't spot slugs! We have a hedgehog who goes round garden, he usually gets slugs!
Thanks, I'll keep checking and spraying!