It is very rare for lady bugs to destroy or eat plants as they are predators. Also, Those do not look like lady bugs in the pic. They look closer to the Mexican bean beetle. Being as they are yellow and black, but the puzzling thing is the very geometric looking shapes on their back. I don't think those are lady bugs.

Gardengal, When my huge Crysanthemum 'Gold and Silver' bloomed late last September, it was covered in bees for a month. I hadn't seen a honey bee ALL SUMMER, yet this plant had hundreds of bees crawling all over the blooms. You could smell the blooms and hear the bees from five feet away. It's spread like crazy this year, with runners in all directions. I'm going to check to see if the runners are rooted. Send me a message if you're interested and can't find them locally.

I'm not sure where to begin here........:-) 1) Foliar 'feeding' is extremely inefficient. Plants absorb the bulk of their nutrients via their roots. I doubt molasses sprayed on foliage provides any significant nutrient benefit as any natural/organic product has to be digested/assimilated by soil organisms before it becomes converted to a plant accessible form (a soluble salt, just as any other synthetic fertilizer presents). 2) Molasses can be a microorganism stimulant but not much in the way of a fertilizer. 3) Epsom salts is only of benefit if you have a magnesium deficiency, otherwise it does nothing for plants - it doesn't control pests; it doesn't control diseases; it doesn't make your plants any healthier or grow bigger and better. 4) We already addressed foliar feeding so spraying milk on your plants is not particularly helpful.........unless you have certain fungal issues. Milk contains lactic acid which alters the surface pH of plant foliage so that it is not hospitable to the development of powdery mildew spores. It also has anitbacterial properties that can be beneficial. But providing calcium just by spraying??? Nope!! Plants cannot process materials like molasses and milk in the same way that humans or other mammals can. If you poured the milk on the ground around the plant you might get some nutrient benefit but there are far more inexpensive methods to accomplish the same thing. 5) Neem oil is NOT a fertilizer!! It is an organic or natural pesticide but it has NO nutrient value. Its mode of action as a pesticide is to disrupt hormones which can have numerous implications - inability to mate or lay eggs, inability of insect larvae to moult or metamorphize, disruption of the digestive system. And it can smother soft bodied insects and act as repellant against some insect pests (grasshoppers and caterpillars in particular). It also has fungicidal properties but is of no value as a fertilizer. 6. The last two statements don't even make sense - does potassium contain blackstrap molasses and other nutrients and minerals?? Or is it the other way around?? In either case, neither is very accurate. Potassium is just potassium and molasses is pretty darn low on the plant nutrient scale, only providing 8% K, 12% Mg, 4% Fe and 4% Ca. Many other far less expensive and much better and broader sources of plant nutrients available with other organics. This is the Internet and all sorts of dubious sources publish all manner of nonsense that gets passed around and accepted for fact but before you repeat all that hokum it makes sense to research where it is coming from. Anecdotal reporting has no basis in science and is really not valid, although it can make for some entertaining reading. Look instead to science based websites - the extension service .edu websites or published scientific papers are a great place to start.

The bubbles, are they smallish bumps? If so, then it's probably some type of gall. Those don't usually threaten the plant's health and are difficult if not useless to treat, so it's usually recommended to ignore them. Here's some info about them: http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/components/DG1009.pdf The white spots, I'm not sure about. It has been wet, but it's still a little cool and early in the season to be powdery mildew...do you know what that looks like? Here's a picture of it on monarda: http://www.extension.umn.edu/gardeninfo/diagnostics/annualperennial/monarda/leavesspots.html If these resources don't match your problem, maybe someone else will have some ideas or you could try posting pictures. Best of luck with your plants--it's going to be a strange year for them with this weather! Here is a link that might be useful: Lots of useful gardening information