“Often people call it yellow Wisteria, but the real name is Laburnum” - Selina Tan
Weed definition: “undesirable plant in a desirable place”. Apprentices spend a lot of their learning time weeding. This, together with turf maintenance, is a gardener’s bread and butter. Pictured here, Selina weeding a broad-leaf dock, she managed to remove the tap roots.
On the day of my visit in May, the spectacular wisteria was still going strong, while poppies waited to be planted
The tools for weeding.
Selina explains that these are indeed roses
Beautiful lacecap hydrangeas
Cleavers (Galium aparine), also known as sticky willy.
"They have what is called a tap root that needs to be fully removed so that it doesn't grow again" says Selina.
The laburnum walk
Selina weeding along the paths nearby Pembroke
Turf maintenance is challenging, especially achieving a perfectly straight pattern. This is Selina’s first.