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Homeandgarden: The subject is roses (1015 words) |
 | Whether one grows modern roses grafted onto Fortuniana root stock or, as I prefer, old roses on their own roots, this is is the best time of year to quickly and cheaply meet their needs with a hard pruning and organic soil feeding. |
| Many folks also give their rose garden a generous sprinkling of dolomitic limestone each spring, to make sure the soil doesn't get too acid, and toss 1 to 2 cups of Epsom salts around the root zone of each bush to encourage plump, red new basal shoots to form for denser growth. |
| Rose petal tea is heavenly, especially with mint added to the brew, so a simple lye soap spray will allow you to harvest petals a week later, after one good watering. |
| The Kennedy Center (1670 words) |
| A bunch of ordinary store-bought red roses cause a rupture in an already ulcerated family in Frank D. Gilroy's 1964 slice-of-life drama, "The Subject Was Roses," sturdily revived at the Kennedy Center under the direction of Leonard Foglia and featuring a sublime cast headed by Bill Pullman as the tough, resentful patriarch John Cleary. |
| The Subject Was Roses is about a soldier returning home from war, but it's his parents who are dealing with trauma. |
| The politics in The Subject Was Roses may be domestic instead of military, but for the victims of the play's marital skirmishes, the effects are still corrosive. |
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