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Margery Fish
7 quotes
“There are some roses that always flower late, not just in a freak year. I always enjoy November roses, whether it is 'Madame Abel Chatenay', that wreathes the dining-room window, or , who pops up from behind the barton wall at a time when I thought all good roses had gone to sleep.”
Margery Fish (1892–1969) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (172 pages; 1st edition 1958)
“If the flower spikes are kept cut the makes good cover because the roots are strong and the beetroot-colored leaves quite big. The plants should be put fairly close together and soon colonise if all the spikes are not removed very quickly.”
Margery Fish (1892–1969) first seen 1963 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (144 pages; 1st edition 1963)
“s are particularly valuable for the winter and one in particular, , is a good all-the-year plant for a place in the garden that is in constant use. I noticed a very happy and very natural treatment of a bed next to the porch of a front door.”
Margery Fish (1892–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not possible to make sweeping statements about what will or will not grow in clay soil, because there are so many different types of clay. Some are much stickier and more difficult to handle than others; clay that has been made easier to handle by the addition of will grow most plants. I don't believe there is any soil that will not grow something.”
Margery Fish (1892–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“believed in manuring with a very generous hand and woe betide any little plant of mine that grew nearby, as it would surely die of suffocation under the great gallops of manure that were plastered round every rose. All the manure we could get was devoted to the roses and s.”
Margery Fish (1892–1969) first seen 1956 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (129 pages; 1st edition 1956)
“holidays— and 1st of November—were our aim for the ceremonies of .”
Margery Fish (1892–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All the from my open fires is shared among the plants that particularly like , s and es particularly, and I give some to the , and in the winter the apple trees get their share. When I grew potatoes and es they, too, were lucky.”
Margery Fish (1892–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source