When the weather is cool and if shaded from Western sun then the most purple rose I grow is THE PRINCE. Blooms start out crimson red but by the time they fully open and mature the color is a rich imperial purple. My REINE DES VIOLETTES has magenta-pink blooms but they always finish up a soft true violet. Acidic soil rich in iron tends to bring out the best color transformation. Try adding chelated iron as a fertilizer supplement. Among the once blooming Old Garden Roses there is no rose more purple than CARDINAL DE RICHELIEU. How purple? Think grape cool aid purple. I recently saw WILD BLUE YONDER and it was a stunning purple. The ruffled petals and open flower form is very beautiful. Kinda like ANGEL FACE but on a healthier more vigorous plant. RHAPSODY IN BLUE is very purple but the flowers do fade to subdued grayish lavender. Most roses in the mauve color class start out with strong crimson/magenta tones then "fade" to purple and lavender. The sole exceptions are the silvery lavender roses found among the Hybrid Teas. These roses start and finish the same color - a washed out lavender. Some are positively gray. They are also horribly inbreed, weak and disease prone. Lavender/mauve/purple is not a natural color for roses. The color actually comes from the color of the cell vacuoles and not from the "red" plant pigment cyanin found in roses.

You'd need to use the HTML(Hypertext Markup Language) code instead of the BBC code Dave. Lots of forums do use BBC(Bulletin Board Code) and the code you used would work there, but not here. You may need to change your Photobucket settings to show HTML links to see the proper code: Another way would be to just use the direct image link in this simple HTML code: <img src="URL_of_the_Image"> For your image, try posting this: <img src="http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc352/Surface_Tension/2012/2012 garden/IMG_2364.jpg"> Good luck. Edit: Actually, I see in my screenshot that Photobucket is calling the BBC code "IMG code", but that's what it is though, Bulletin Board Code. This post was edited by chuggerguy on Mon, Dec 24, 12 at 15:38

There's been a slight change at Photobucket. Now, once you click on the HTML code to highlight it, you have to copy it because it doesn't do that automatically anymore. You can right click on the code line and you'll see a little popup window that gives you a choice to 'copy'. They add features all the time under the edit feature too. Select your picture, then select 'edit'. Play with it and you'll have fun seeing what you can do with your pictures. If they are close to what you want but not quite right (too dark, too light, etc) try the 'auto-fix' button and see what happens. If you don't like it you can 'undo'. Kate

Ive got a Kodak,, and always plug in the memory card, pics are usually pretty good.