The Subject Was Roses is a 1968 film which tells the story of a young soldier who comes home to find that his parents' marriage is on the verge of collapse. It stars Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson and Martin Sheen.
The movie was adapted by Frank D. Gilroy from his play. It was directed by Ulu Grosbard.
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.
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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