No it’s not you Mrs.C. It won’t work for me either. Some cock up or other by yours truly. Anyway it’s just a tight cluster of buds that looks like it has no intention of opening. I’m losing lower leaves on it too. Something is getting at it. It looks more and more like a stalk. Monty??

My lupins are a sorry state, it’s finished flowering but those aphids have made a mess of it. I think I will cut it to ground level ready for next year. But more and more of my tomatoes are ripening so it’s not all bad.