"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."
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Margery Fish
(née Townshend, 5 August 1892 – 24 March 1969) was an English gardener and gardening writer, who wrote 8 books. She created at , , a garden that has and remains open to the public.
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