1. This will be a wish list swap, please post your TOP 25 wishes , here on the SS thread..( also make sure your
want list is up to date, incase Santa wants to take a Peek !)

***WISH LIST....can be flowers, herbs, or edibles. This is a SEED SWAP ( although Santa may find it in their heart to mail plants, bulbs)

2. Posting a wish list, signs you up to particapate in this swap...deadline to post wishlists will be November 27th.

3. All seeds need to be mailed out From Dec 1 to the 5th ( so santa has time to get to all his other commitments for the season)
***PLEASE work on your seeds as the wish lists are posted, so you are ready to mail before DEC 5th !!

4. PLEASE send your mailing address to me ASAP ! WITH your screen name Like this... ( DO NOT POST YOUR ADDRESS ON THE FORUM !!)

Flwrs4ever
Santa Claus
100 Snow Lane
North Pole 00000

( I Will not track down people for their screen name this year...I dealt with 5,000 emails last Season, help me out please !! )

5. SEEDS will be mailed from Dec 1 to the 5th. PLEASE include a Christmas card . How you mail , is to your discression. We mostly mailed inside envies with bubble wrap last season...and bubble envies for mulitple seed packs. Remember to mail the best way you can ! This is all about GIVING in the SPIRIT of the Holidays !

6. PLEASE, send me a list of WHOM you are mailing to...I just need a list of screen names ( NOT, what you are mailing ) , to make sure everyone will be happily surprised. I will need your list by DEC 1st ..so start packin your seeds !! ( This will allow me time to ask a few elves for help , making sure wishes come true ! )

***HOW many you mail to will be kept confidential, it isnt about HOW MANY, it is about the SPIRIT, and the fact that you shared some HOLIDAY CHEER with another !!

7. This is a "secret" swap...but PLEASE put ur return address on the envie..and screen name, so everyone can be thanked :) The secret is to be, until they receive their card !

8. Homemade cards were the best last season...but send store bought, or homemade !! I loved the ones the kids made :)

9. YES< some people may receive multiples of the same seed, but the best part is...it may be a different color, or variety...ALSO,they can use them to trade later !

10. You MUST come to the forum and thank those that mailed cards to you !!!!!!!! Please be thankful and gracious to those that take the time to mail !

ALL, ARE WELCOME TO JOIN....THIS SWAP IS ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF "GIVING"...YOU MAY MAIL AS MANY, OR AS LITTLE AS YOU ARE ABLE . THIS IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO SHARE IN THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAYS AND BRING SOME CHEER TO OTHERS !! YOU CAN CHOOSE TO MAIL ONE CARD, OR 100...IT IS YOUR CHOICE !! SOOO, POST YOUR WISH LISTS, AND ALLOW SOME HOLIDAY SPIRIT INTO YOUR LIFE THIS SEASON !!!!

THERE WILL BE GAMES, AND PRIZES !!!!!!!!!! SO PLEASE KEEP CHECKIN THE FORUM !

COME ON....JOIN THE FUN !!! Let's all enjoy the season together !! HO! HO! HO!

Last year NO ONE got less then 5 cards mailed to them..we had 146 Elves, and 1987 cards mailed !

***PLEASE note, I changed my email account info for this swap..to better help me keep track of info !! flwrs4ever@yahoo.com ( old email is still active )

***PLEASE read ALL notes BEFORE posting questions, thanks !

I loved this swap last year. So I am possible in. I am currently in 2 wishlist swaps. So what could be left. So I will have to think before totally commiting to this one but I am VERY interested in this. Thanks

Paula

So you send everybody a list of everybody's addresses and , or do you just send the addy's peeps ask for?

And I understand that we mail everything directly to peeps ourselves? :)

And then you keep track of who sent to who, but not each item? Is that all right?

Maybe I can play....
D

Paula

I think thats it, I would like to know colors if possible, but names are not nessisary.

thanks santa for doing this again this year.
michelle

This was sooo much fun last year!!!!
My seed wish list:
1.Japanese Morning Glory
2.Triple Yellow Datura
3.Purple Datura
4.White Datura
5.Brugmansia/Angel Trumpet
6.Sunflowers
7.Cosmos White
8.Cosmos Pink
9.Zinnia ANY!!!!
10.Black Eye Susie Vines ANY!!!
11.Poppies
12.Morning Glory
13.Kentucky Wonder Green Beans
14.Brandywine Tomato
15.Black Cherry Tomato
16. Sungold Tomato
17.Cherokee Purple Tomato
18.Mustard Greens
19.Salvias
20.Nasturtiums
21.Burpless Cucumbers
22.Hollyhocks
23.Cleome
24.Anything that attract Hummingbirds!
25.Anything that attracts Buffterflies!

Thanks for doing this again this year!!!
later....April/dirt_under_my_nails

Heidi

1. Salvia evansiana
2. Salvia dorisiana
3. Zinnia, any white or cream
4. Echium aculeatum
5. Gossypium barbadense
6. Asclepias meadii
7. Ipomoea quamoclit, Cypress Vine - white
8. Ornamental gourds
9. Ornamental peppers
10. Helianthus annuum, Sunflowers-white or cream
11. Tomato, Big Bunch
12. Rojasianthe superba, White Sunflower Tree
13. Pentapetes phoenicia, pink form (have red)
14. Pepper, White Habanero
15. Salvia elegans, Pineapple Sage

Thanks! Alana

Here's my wish list:

1. Daisies (any, especially "Becky")
2. Rudbeckia (any)
3. Echinacea (any but purple)
4. Nicotiana (any)
5. Lungwort
5. Beans (any snap beans, bush or pole are both good!)
6. Sweet peppers (any non-bell)
7. Hot peppers (any heat up to and including habaneros)
8. Tomatoes (any, especially Amazon Chocolate, Peron Sprayless, Plum Dandy & Snowberry)
9. Winter squash (any, especially Ambercup, Australian Butter & Japanese pie (Nippon Island))
10. Pumpkins (especially Cornfield, Fairytale, Rumbo, Punkenmon & the Superfreak Series)
11. Any Polish, Russian or Ukrainian varieties of veggies

Well, I think with my "especiallys" th.at brings me up to 25! Thanks so much for hosting the swap again!

Becky

Goats beard (Aruncus)
corydalis
'Crimson Butterfly' Gaura
Yellow Waxbells (kirengeshoma palmata)
Any herbs
Any shade plant
Anything that did well for your garden!

Heidi

Wish List...

1.Morning Glories- Any Japanese
2.Morning Glories- Black /Tie dye/Flying Saucer/Milky Way
3.Poppies- Any
4.Pansy/Viola- Any
5.Larkspur- Pink or Red
6.Sunflowers- Deep Reds/ variegated red-yellow-orange
7.Nasturtium- Black Velvet/Any Red/Pinks
8.Hollyhock Doubles
9.Echinacia- pinks,white,doubles... I have purple
10.Rudbeckia- especially reds
11.Bachelor Button- Black
12.Clarkia- Any
13.Blue Pea Vine
14.Daisy Persian
15.Cosmos- Yellow

Hope I can add a few more later to make it 25!!
Thanks and looking forward to all the fun!

Cindy

Here is what I am looking for:

1. Mahonia – varieties hardy to zone 6 only please
2. yellow salvia
3. kirengeshoma
4. skunk cabbage
5. scotch thistle - onopordum acanthium
6. Amomum subulatum - Black Cardamon
7. Telosma cordata – Tonkin creeper
8. Aglaia odorata – Chinese Perfume plant
9. Artabotrys siamensis – a lemon scented ylang-ylang vine
10. Beaumontia murtonii or any Beaumontia – Easter Lily vine
11. Brunfelsia – Lady of the night
12. Chonemorpha penangensis - Frangipani Vine
13. Nyctanthes arbor-tristis – tree of sorrow
14. Stemmadenia littoralis – milky way tree
15. Tacca – Bat Plant
16. Heliconia
17. Backhousia – various scented myrtles
18. Chocolate or dark colored or scented plants
19. Double trilliums
20. Highly fragrant flowers except Brugmansia and Datura
21. Night fragrant flowers except Brugmansia and Datura
22. Plumeria – love doubles or curly varieties
23. Pimenta dioica - Allspice
24. Hard to find herbs and spices
25. Seeds of your favorite or most unusual plant

Thanks and happy holidays everyone!
Sheri

1.Phlox drummondii or creeping phlox
2. Lettuce Jericho, marlot, romain, any red
3. Rudbeckia Maya (double fluffy flowers)
4. Marigold sweet cream (or any cream giant double flowers)
5. Dianthus 'French Frills' / carnation double flowered
6. Pansy / viola
7. Ageratum white, blue, pink or any
8. mandevilla laxa
9. Adenium/plumeria
10. Tree for bonsai like bouganvalia, custard apple, lemon myer, japanese maple palmatum or any
11. Salvia (white, lavender)
12. Impatience any (not balsam)
13. Petunia any
14. Trailing-creeping plants with or without flowers for basket of your choice like bacopa, wooly thyme, lotus or any
15. coleus other than rainbow
16. Baby's breath pink or any color (i have white)
17. Oriental lily / Asiatic lily
18. Hollyhock double / Sidalcea
19. Poppy 3-4 feet high variety / peony poppy

Hope I can add more later to make it 25.

Thanks Kim for hosting the swap again.
Jasmine

I AM IN FOR SURE......

gmom
Sharon

Mary

Count me in again this year. I was able to fill 30 wishes lqast year, I hope to be able to fill more wishes this year!

My wish list is:

clusted bellflower
shade plant seeds
malva-blue fountain
agagstache- bubble gum
adonis aestival
arum italicum
balloon flower-kamachii
baptista- screaming yellow
cactus-prickly pear -red blooms only
calibrachoas superbells- any
coreopsis - sunfire only!
dianthus crimsonia
datura black magic
daisy-king fisher felecia bererian
dianthus rainbow lovliness
dianthus black magic
erigeron - azure fairy
hibiscus KOPPER KING, sweet caroline and turn of the century
jacobs ladder- yellow ONLY
monarda-blue stocking
penstemon-true blue
primula tomassinii true blue
salvia- brazilian blue or any blue
salvia - black and blue
Your favorite sunny perennial

I already see some wishes that I can fill..whoo hoo!

Lisa

I see some wishes I can fill! and would love to participate this year!

my wishes

old fashion bleeding hearts
columbine (other than purple)
balloon flower
COLEUS!
impatiens
pansies or viola
annual flowers for shade
perenial flowers for shade
marigold (especially bicolour)
tagets ternifolia

Frances

We will play games all the way till Christmas Like we did last season !!

PLEASE NOTE ** You must be a member in good standing**
and, If you are a NEW member...JUST a wish list is needed to join !

I hear there are other wish list swaps going on, but REMEMBER this is about CHRISTMAS, and I can tell you..receiving Christmas Cards from your GW family...Is SOOO MUCH FUN !!!

I am keeping an update list of who joins...and will post a list about once a week.

THANKS to all who has joined !

**Pumpkingal..why not sign up with a list, you gave SOO much last season, let us send you some cheer. Wishing u the best with your surgery !

Here's my 25 'most wanted' list:

1. dames rocket
2. larkspur
3. luffa gourds
4. Snapdragons - any
5. Alyssum - any
6. Astilbe - Maggie Daley
7. Astilbe - Radius
8. Clematis - any red or purple
9. Coleus - any
10. Coneflower - Merlot
11. Coneflower - Tiki Torch
12. Delphinium - Blue Lace
13. Delphinium - Pink Punch
14. Delphinium - Purple Passion
15. Geranium -any
16. Hibiscus - any
17. Hyacinth Bean Vine
18. Lobelia - Crystal Palace
19. Mexican Hat Ratibida columnaris
20. Oriental Poppy - Fancy Feathers or any red
21. Phlox - any
22. Statice - any
23. Stock - any
24. sweet pea - any
25. Zinnia - any giants

My wishlist, in no particular order...
1. Cosmos
2. Painted Daisies
3. Coneflowers (any and all)
4. Roma Tomatoes
5. Ornamental Grasses
6. Hollyhocks
7. Coleus (except rainbow mix)
8. Phlox
9. Any full-sun flower, perennial or annual
10. Rudbeckia
11. Black-Eyed Susan Vines
12. Surprise me! I love to grow flowers I don't recognize!

Heidi, you don't have to send the cards/seeds in a bubble envelope, but make sure there's enough padding between the envelope and seeds to make sure they arrive safely. Also, it's always a good thing to print "HAND CANCEL PLEASE" on the front of the envelope, bubble, padded, or otherwise.

Anyone else have any postal questions? I'll try to answer them.

Peace.

-Dan

1.any rudbeckia
2.tomato soup echinacea
3.crystal palace lobelia
4.yummy mummy marigold
5.apricot, coral, pink , fire or cherry profusion zinnia
6.art deco zinnia
7.tiger paws aster
8.any aster ;-)
9.any blue or purple salvia
10.any daisy
11.oktoberfest calendula
12.any coleus
13.any dahlia
14.double dandy sunflower
15.any sunflower ;-)
16.double click cosmos
17.slow bolt cilantro
18. any beefsteak tomato
19.stokesia
20.summerlong basil
21.blue paradise phlox
22. bush zucchini/squash
23.red, pink or purple joe pye weed
24.anything fragrant !
25.any japanese morning glory

~Iris

I had so much fun last year and I loved the Birthday swap almost as much.

My Wish List
1. 4 O’Clocks – Any kind, any color
2. KBX Tomato
3. Grandpa Ashlock Tomato
4. Vorton Tomato
5. Sungold Tomato
6. Chinese Giant Tomato (yup, read Brokenbar's dehydrating tomatos post)
7. Black Tomatos
8. Pink and White Balloon Flowers
9. Thunbergia (Black Eyed Susan Vine)
10. Nasturtiums
11. Lobelia
12. Celosia
13. Bidens
14. Dahlias
15. Melampodium
16. Salad Burnet
17. Nierembergia
18. Johnny Jump Ups
19. Pansies
20. Eggplant but not the purple kind
21. Bacopa Any color
22. Any Stock, especially Virginia Stock
23. Cat grass
24. Linanthus
25. Calendula

I LOVE Annuals!! I prefer to "seed and plant" rather than "dig and divide"

Thanks Kym.... YOU GO GIRL.... Great Job with the birthday swap and the "Big Job" with this swap.

Andrea

I would like to thank everyone for Joining !! I have emails from MOST of you ...PLEASE, dont assume you were in my other swaps, that I have your info !! I started a new email and data base, so PLEASE send me your screen name and mailing info inside of an email... a BIG THANKS !!

So far we have ....In our Secret Santa Swap!!

Sheriannricherson
maemaeo312
ishareflowers **
jas_il
poisondartfrog
retsec
fcoffill
gmom2-6boys
alwaysagarden
Booberry85
dirt_under_my_nails
dorisl
Catrionaa
rane_grow
appaloosa909 **
aphroditelaughs **
AuntNawnee
micyrey **
perrenialfan273 **
hdiperna **
Pumpkingal **
dan_the_mailman **
Paulan70 ** ( lurking, but U gotta join us..lol )

** Need info from..thanks :)

That makes 25 Elves already...feel free to spread the word ! We will play lots of games, and it gets soo exciting when you start getting cards in the mail !

Heidi

Here is my 2009 Secret Santa Wish List

1. Amish Pie pumpkin
2. Squash - any kind
3. Sunflowers - tall ones
4. Black heirloom tomatoes (Krim, Cherokee, etc)
5. Lavender
6. "New" color coneflower (not purple)
7. Grape
8. Swiss chard
9. Kale
10. Parsnips
11. Snapdragons, any kind
12. Cilantro
13. Red bee balm, a Monarda to bring in hummingbirds
14. Cabbage - I want to try kraut.
15. Tomatillo
16. Butterflyweed (aka butterfly milkweed)
17. Thyme

Double elf-points if you can find any of these:

18. Bird's foot violet
19. American chestnut (hybrid ok)
20. Medlar (fruit tree from medieval times, rarely planted today)
21. any Midwest native wildflowers under 2' tall
22. Clematis viginiana - the native type
23. Nodding wild onion (a native wildflower)
24. Walking onions (a cultivated vegetable)
25. American hazelnut

Peace.
-Dan

Hi Kym, sent you an email.

It would be a thrill to be part of the swap again this year. Hey all you garden webb' ers out there, you are all so generous.

Garden web rocks!!

La Donna

My wish list
1.Ptilotus--Joey
2.Adenium
3.Ornmentral peppers
4.Peter Pepper seeds
5.Kochia
6.Siamese Bittermelon
7.Green wizard coneflower
8.Corkscrew vine
9.Gunneria
10.Lotus water lilies or any
11.Tree peony
12.Candy onion seeds
13.Unusual Tomatoe's
14.Banana
15.Bell of Ireland
16.Million bells
17.Asian red ruffled eggplant
18.Aster--Hulk
19.Lithops--Livingstones
20.Rudbeckia--Becky Cinnamon bicolor-daughter name -or any
21.Sweet seedless hybrid tomatoe
22.Cyperus papyrus--Eqyptian paper rush
23.Cotton-different colors
24.Mircles fruit seeds
25.Anything you like in your garden

Edibles:
1.Basil, any
2.beans, any bush bean
3.cucumbers, any
4.Tomato--Bonnie Best (OR ANY really)
5.Peas, any

Flowers
6.Adonis aestivalis
7.Astilbe, any shade of pink

8.California Poppies, any
9.Campanula, any pink one

10.Chrysanthemum, Clara Curtis or Sheffield Pink

11.Columbines, white or yellow
12.Coral Bells, any! (I have Palace Purple already)
13.Dianthus, any, but especially these three:
Dianthus, Crimsonia
Dianthus, Arctic Fire
Dianthus Ipswich Pinks
14.English Daisy--Strawberries and Cream We're usually not so picky about the names or anything, but this one we reaaaaaaaaly like alot! :) they're soooooo cute
15.Euphorbia--any
16.Hosta --any variety
17.Iris--some White ones this time!
18. Lychnis, any
19.pansy or viola any
20.Poppys--the perennial kind
21.Rudbeckia, any
22.Salvia, any
23.Snapdragons (any :)especially the taller )
24.Toad Lily, any

My 'wish list':

1. Cosmos--any (minus regular pink blooms)
2. Coreopsis (minus Plains Coreopsis)
3. Bellflowers--any
4. Dasies/Coneflowers/Rudbeckias or flowers with similar shaped blooms
5. Salvias/Sages (minus Black & Blue, Blue Bedder, Mexican, Pineapple)
6. flowers with pink and white blooms
7. your favorite tomato
8. your favorite veggie that's in your garden every year
9. Veggies with a compact plant or ones that grow well in a pot
10. Asian herbs/veggies
11. Watercress
12. Herbs--any (minus coriander, thyme, chives, oregano)
13. Cacti/succulents
14. Flowers that will grow in shade/part shade
15. Poppies--any
16. Sweet Peppers--any (minus California Wonder)
17. Hot Peppers--any including ornamentals (minus Cayenne, Jalapeno)
18. Ornamental gourds and Luffa gourd

I'm not picky, if you like it and it isn't terribly invasive, I'll probably give it a try. :)

Here is my wishlist --

1. Cockscomb (giant, chief mix, bombay pink)
2. Plumeria
3. Clivia
4. Mandevilla
5. Stevia
6. Bee balm
7. Bell of Ireland
8. Hibiscus
9. Blanket flower (oranges & lemons, fanfare)
10. Balloon flower
11. Love lies bleeding
12. Cathedral bells vine
13. Gerbera daisy
14. Moonflower
15. Coneflower (doubledecker)
16. Zinna (giant,swizzle cherry & ivory, starlight rose)
17. Clematis
18. Dianthus
19. Morning glory (black knight)
20. Agapanthus

I am already seeing some wishes that I can help with!

Thanks
crisann

I can not wait to start mailing and receiving cards. Here is my wish list:

Edibles:
Lettuce-any
Spinach-any
Tomato-Juliet
Cubanelle pepper
Lemon Cucumber
Cucumber-Diva or any pickling/cutting
Pole Beans-Fortex
Bush Beans-any
Swiss Chard-Rainbow/any
Pink Banana
Aji Dulce-This is a pepper only someone from Puerto Rico would know about I think but I have high hopes

Flowers:
Cosmos-White/Pink
Ballon Flower-White/Pink
Camellia Seed-any color
Sanseviera Cylindrica
Jasmine "Margarita"
Hosta-any
Coleus-any
Echinacea-Tomato Soup
Japanese Morning Glory-any
Peony
Wisteria Vine

Well this one very long list but I always want more. Kym thank you for hosting again last year was wonderful.

Margarita10

This is so exciting!!

-kat

Fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans)
Akebia
Corn - Painted Mountain
Cucumber - Mexican sour gherkin
Tomatoes - Green zebra, orange fleshed purple smudge, matina, Nyagous
California poppy - other than orange
Black eyed susan vine
Delphinium
Peonies
Salvia - Black cherry
Beans - Calypso (yin yang), Hidata Shield figure
Beets - any
Carrots - all colors!
Jalapeno peppers
Melons - Collective Farm Woman, Prescott Fond Blanc, any that grow well in the north
Salad greens - any thing interesting (not lettuce)
Saltwort (Salsola)
Watermelon - Blacktail Mountain
Arnica montana
Lion's ear (Leonotis leonurus)
Squash - Red Kuri, any heirloom summer squash
Bok choy - especially dwarf
Bell peppers
Sweet peas - Unwin's Striped, any dark colors
Nasturtium - any and all
Asclepias

I think I may be over the limit! I'd better stop now.

I look forward to all the games and stories.
Ellie

Peace.
-Dan

(and yes, Bump got his belly rub, silly cat!!!)

Previous I have posted mandevilla laxa but I am looking for any and all varieties of it and poppy perennial.

--Mandevilla any
--Poppy Perennial or peony poppy
20. ornamental cabbage/ flowering kale
21. Sweet Pea 'Elegant Ladies' or any
22. Clematis double flowered
23. Ornamental Grasses any and all specially dwarf like fiber optic, karex toffee, Kochia scoparia etc.
Cyperus papyrus--Eqyptian paper rush umbrella plam
24. Dahlia pom pom type double flowered or with larger blooms
25. Succulents hens and chicks

WANTED SEEDS:
Edibles:
Ancho/Poblano Chili (non hybrid)
Any black-fruited tomato
Any oxheart-shaped tomato
Chervena Chujski Pepper
Cumin
Joan Rutabaga
Marvel of Venice Bean
Oxheart Carrot
Peacevine Tomato
Purple Skin Peanuts
Sweet Chocolate Pepper
Turga Parsnip
Winter Luxury Pumpkin
Wood’s Prolific Bush Scallop Squash or other non-hybrid bush pattypan squash

Flowers:
Agastache "Apricot Sprite"
Clove pinks
Dark red foliaged amaranths
Nicotiana mutabilis
Nicotiana sylvestris
Red or purple (not pink) Monarda
Red, blue, purple, or orange (not pink) Penstamons
Red, blue, purple, or orange (not pink) Salvias
Rose campion
Salpiglossis, various colors
Schizopetalon "Star Band"

Thanks for organizing this!

PLEASE know...money is always tight at the holidays...this swap is NOT about breaking the bank !! PLEASE, send one or two cards, if that is all u can do ! This swap is more like a CELEBRATION for all of our Gardenweb Family to enjoy the Holidays Together !!

If you have a favorite forum, PLEASE post about the swap ! This swap was soo much fun last season...and we made a new phrase..."HAPPY MAILBOXING" It was soo much fun to run out to the mailbox all month to see if we received cards..and YES, it ended up being ALL month :)

6 more weeks Till Christmas Eve !!!!!!

Thanks,
Bonnie

Some things I'd like to try...A.K.A. my list
Dutchmans Breeches-Dicentra cucullaria
Fire Pink-Silene virginica-
Mexican Tulip Poppy- Hunnemannia fumariifolia-
Patchouli-Pogostemon xxx
Scented Geranium- Pelargonium XXX
Tea- Camelia sinensis
Coffee- Coffea xxx
Cream- Moo cowii lol
Stevia- Stevia xxx
Sealing Wax Palm- Ceroxylon quindiuense
Pomegranate- Punica granatum
Tobacco- Nicotiana xxx
Borage- Borago xxx
Lime Basil- Ocimum basilicum (xxx)
Bay- Laurus nobilis
Aloe- Aloe xxx
Lambs Ears- Stachys lanata
Wormwood- Artemisia absinthium
Hyssop- Hyssopus xxx
Monarda- Monarda xxx
Norfolk Island Pine- Araucaria heterophylla
Loblolly Pine- Pinus taeda
Southern Yellow Pine- Pinus palustris
Olive- Olea europaea
Beautyberry- Callicarpa americana

Sending email now.

-Darrin

I sent my email and below is my wants....

1. bee balm/monarda
2. creeping thyme (or anything similar)
3. Rudebeckia (love the reds, oranges etc)
4. Butterfly bush
5. Lupines
6. Golden Marguerite
7. 4 o’clocks
8. white poppy
9. Bells of Ireland
10. Pansy Black Moon
11. Coleus
12. Laura Bush Petunia
13. guardilla (sp?)
14. Russian sage
15. perennial sunflower
16. Schizanthus (Poor Man's Orchid
17. salvia
18. melampodiums
19. alyssum
20. anything really…

I need lots of plants cause I have lots of dirt left :)

This is so fun!!

Karen

GW karendee

1. Fuchsias
2. Gazania - Pink
3. Iris
4. Coreopsis with pink or purple colors
5. Sweet Pea Vine
6. Chinese Purple Bell Vine
7. Cleome - Yellow, Yellow Bicolor
8. Celosia – Pink, Yellow, Red, Burgundy
9. Candy Lily
10. Asiactic Lily
11. Blackberry/Leopard Lily
12. Daylily especially Windmill types
13. Blue Eyed Daisy
14. Coleus – Mix of Pink, Purple, Green Colors
15. Ice Plant
16. Chrysanthemum Tricolor Daisy Heirloom (Burpee)
17. Rain Lily - Pink
18. Salvia
19. Giant Zinnia – Whirligig, Big Tetra Mix
20. Hibiscus or Rose of Sharon - pink with red center, purple with maroon center
21. Ipomopsis Hummingbird Mix (Burpee)
22. Paradiso Mix Echinacea (Burpee)
23. Painted Daisy - Pink colors
24. Sunflower Strawberry Blonde (Burpee)
25. Passion Flower Passiflora Heirloom (Burpee)

Having fun sorting seeds today for all these wishlists.

Best to you,
quiltingfox

HERBS:

Bee Balm
Black Cumin
Cinnamon Basil
Chamomile
Dill
Rosemary
Spearmint
Lemon Basil
any kitchen spice except oregano (i'm highly allergic..)

FLOWERS:
Datura - any except white
Brugmansia - any except white..would LOVE red!
Passion Flower
Chinese Aster
Poppy - any except california poppy
English Daisy
Coneflower - any
Nasturtium - empress of india, ladybird, milkmaid
Zinna - dwarfs only
Morning Glory - Any type and any color execpt blue.
Moonflower
Painted Tounge

CACTUS:
Golden Barrel
Sea Urchin Cacti
Arizona Organ Pipe
Candy Barrel Cactus
Glory of Texas

MOST WANTED
Snail Flower (Vigna caracalla)
Starfish Flower (Stapelia)
Coffee Plant
Winter Sweet Chimonanthus

Thanks Guys!! I can't wait to get this project rolling!! I've seen so many I can send!!

-kat

My wish list is very simple....

Any type of herb, veggie or edible that will be easy to grow for a new community garden.

Many of the "gardeners" are kind of old (church members) and none of us have much experience. Hope we can draw from yours!

Abutilon
fox gloves
nicotiana
Japanese Morning Glories, any but would love some filly ones
fish peppers
peter peppers
medusa peppers
peony poppies
malva
Daisy, any
ballon flower
cuphea
Dahlia
larkspur
Zinnia, any
yvonnes salvia
soap wart
coleus
night blooming jasmine
vigna caracalla

Dwarf Zinna
Balloon Flower
Fox Glove
Lily of the Valley
Monk"s CapRudbeckia
Rudbeckia
Snow In Summer
Torch Lily
Blue Festuca
Heuchera
Astilbe
Mixed Lupines
Coral Bells
Russian Sage
Scabiosa
Campanula
Silver Mound Artemisia
Orange Glory Flower
Any fern
Lilac
Speedwell
Bellflower
Perennial Sage
Veronica

Shade Loving

I've also included the link to my trade list, which I am still updating. Please check to see if there is any thing else you would like to surprise me with. HO HO HO HO and a Merry Christmas to all!

I am making my usual envies with a pretty christmas picture on them and wanted to share.

This is going to be so much fun!

Karen

I'll post my list later tonight!

Allium 'Moly' (yellow)
Alyssum, Honey-Scented - Summer Peaches
Baptisia bracteata -longbract wild indigo-Yellow Native
Cape Daisy 'Orange Prince'(Venidium fastuosum)
Chrysanthemum carinatum 'Sunset'
Echium russicum (red)
Eschscholzia californica 'Red Chief'
Gazania krebsiana 'Tanager'
Gerbera jamesonii (Gerbera daisy) - red, yellow, or orange
Ipomopsis aggregata 'Scarlet Gilia'
Lupinus regalis 'Gallery Yellow'
Lychnis 'Lumina Bronzeleaf Red'
Nasturtium 'Copper Sunset'
Nicotiana - any short green or red one
Pansy 'Padparadja" or other orange, red, or yellow one
Petunia - any red one
Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)
Ricinus communis 'Carmencita'
Salpiglossis 'Royale Chocolate'
Silene cognata (also called Lychnis cognata)
Snapdragon - any short red, orange, or yellow one
Thunbergia 'Terracotta Skies'
Ursinia anethoides (Star of the Veld)
Wallflower, English or Siberian
Zinnia 'Profusion Fire'

Hey Kym, did we have a list with clickable links to everyone's trade page last year, or am I thinking of some other swap, LOL?

Bonnie

hopi pale gray squash
Tomatoes, any heirloom, especially large reds and pinks, anna russian, abaraham lincoln, amana orange,delcious,etc.
Watermelon moon and stars yellow
watermeleon orangelo
Carrots, any
Peppers, peter pepper, tabasco, paprika
Beans, any especially white lima beans and drying beans
Peas, any for fresh eating
hollyhock, appleblossom and peaches and dreams only please
nemsia shooting stars
ipomoea "carnevale di venezia" only
climbing white eyed susie
dianthus black and white minstrels
poached egg plant (limnanthes)
rudbeckia cherry brandy

This Santa is making a list, and checking it twice !! Thanks to you ALL for joining..and posting some GREAT wishes !! I started packing seeds today...HO! HO! HO!

Feel free to start working on packing ur seeds now..then all u will need to do is address ur packages :)

***PLEASE REMEMBER, I MUST HAVE A LIST FROM EACH ONE OF YOU OF WHO YOU ARE MAILING TO !! IF your a newbie with no seeds to share I MUST get an email stating ur a newbie, or not mailing. ( It is ok, I just have to have records !! )

Last season I had many special elves, that checked and made sure people were receiving. A few have offered to do this again this season....THANKS so much !! ( If ur interested in this, just let me know )

****PLEASE make sure your want lists on ur profile page are UP TO DATE, as many will look at them !!

***Clickable links..YES, angie did them for us last year..anyone willing to take this on ? It just needs to be posted once ...anyone ???

Yotetrapper so glad you mentioned being new last year..ANYONE is welcome to join us !! Pay it forward next season !!!

Karendee, that is soo nice of you !! That would be a really nice thing to add with seeds also..with spring pictures on them. Last year some people send plant markers..and bookmarks. It is all about making others SMILE :)

** this will be an active swap.so PLEASSE keep checking in..with games, and thank yous, and even chatter on how ur doing getting ready for the holidays..or maybe even a great gift idea !!

THANKS again for joining...This Santa has opened the "workshop"

6 weeks till Christmas... HO ! HO! HO!

What is a suggested number of seeds per variety to send?

My thanks for your help. This sounds like fun.

Mary

Thanks, Melinda

Mary- Its up to you really, you can send whole commercial packs if you want, I have, or you can split them up. Or if you collected the seeds yourself you just package them up in little baggies. Usually people send between 15-25 seeds per package unless they don't have a lot of them and then they just send a few. Whatever they can.
: )
I cant wait!!!!!!! Going to go through my catalogs before I post my list. Sending you my info Kym.
Thanks for doing this again!!!

1) brussels sprouts
2) Asian veggies
3) luffa gourds
4) pink moonflowers
5) spaghetti squash
6) pattypan squash
7) clover/alfalfa/any cover crops
8) dutchmans pipe vine
9) that marigold that starts with H thats supposed to turn your chickens skin yellow but I cant remember the name of it
10) cauliflower
12) broccoli
13) celery
14) leeks (bleu of solaise, bulgarian giant,carentan,giant musselburgh)
15) walking onions
16) nasturtiums
17) grape tomatoes
18)pumpkins (amish pie, atlantic giant, argentine primitive, australian butter, baby blue hubbard, baby green hubbard, black futsu, boston marrow)
19) lettuce (little gem, buttercrunch)

Happy Holidays!!
Cant wait to start making my cards!

This swap was absolutely fantastic last year - thanks so much Kym for hosting it again. And I can do a clickable link post to the tradelists if you're still looking for assistance there.

Wish List:
Asparagus – Any isolated heirloom aside from ‘Conover’s’ or ‘Mary Washington’
Baobab (Adansonia digitata)
Blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis)
Celosia – Any and all, especially older varieties
Chrysanthemum indicum
Coleus – Any seed propagated heirloom variety
Dawn Redwood – My favorite tree; lost mine in a move and still miss her
Edible berry or fruit producing plants/shrubs/trees/vines
Emmer/Farro wheat or any other heirloom wheat
Fern spores (Any temperate or tropical species except Polystichum munitum)
Foxglove (Any of the Digitalis species)
Gunnera (Gunnera magellanica, G. manicata or G. tinctoria)
Heirlooms – Do you have a family heirloom flower or vegetable? I’d love to help keep it going.
Hollyhocks – Any and the bigger the better
Natives – Any shrub, tree, wildflower native to North America
Ornamental or North American native grasses
Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes)
Pepper – Any sweet, non-hybrid
Poppies – Particularly looking for species poppies
Rhubarb – Seeds for ‘Glaskin’s Perpetual’, ‘Victoria’ or any other heirloom variety
Shrubs – Any interesting shrub you may have seeds for
Skunk Cabbage (Western) - Lysichiton americanus
Tagetes tenuifolia 'Lemon Gem'
Trees – Acer, Betula, Cedrus, Quercus or any other tree seed you may have
Tomato – ‘Costoluto Genovese’ in particular, but any non-hybrid would be loved

Thanks so much!

~Amanda

Here's my wish list:

1. Alliums - any
2. Caryopteris - any
3. Cosmos - any compact/dwarf variety
4. Coleus - Duckfoot types
5. Dahlias - any
6. Datura - Ballerina
7. Gaillardia - Red Plume
8. Marigolds - any
9. Morning Glory - any except Heavenly Blue
10. Nasturtiums - any
11. Pansies/Violas - any
12. Petunias - any
13. Rudbeckia - Cherry Brandy
14. Stocks - Apple Blossom or any fragrant pink variety
15. Sweet Peas - any fragrant variety
16. Zinnias - Magellan, Profusion, Pulcino, Short Stuff, or any compact/dwarf varieties

17. Cassabanana/Melocoton
18. Cucumber - any parthenocarpic variety
19. Kale - Tuscano/Dinosaur/Lacinato
20. Miracle Fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum)
21. Naranjilla
22. Pepino (Solanum muricatum)
23. Snow Peas
24. Tomato - Indian Stripe

25. Anything that did well in your garden!

Thank you for hosting this once again, Kym!
--Jean

As I am having to garden in pots for a year or two, I would be very satisfied with receiving small amounts of seeds. This may allow someone else to be blessed as well. Noids welcome- I love surprizes (-:

I am making a list of the wants I see here that I can send ;-) this is going to be so much fun ... I haven't made homemade christmas cards since I was a little girl but I might just have to dig thru my craft supplies and get creative !

~Iris

If any of you are into doing simple crafts, making your own Christmas cards is a LOT of FUN! Last year I made simple ones with black card stock and metallic markers, and received a lot of compliments on them, which made me feel good each time! You can get all kinds of decorations from the dollar store, or in the scrapbooking section at wal-mart, and have a great time! Who knew that doing such a simple thing could spread so much joy in the world?

Iris, thanks for reminding me! I'm gonna go get some decorations today!

Peace.
-Dan

Karen

I'm hopping my nasturtium seeds are dry soon, alot of people want them but these are still green, some had started to sprout under the momma plant too so I brout some seedlings in and put them in my aerogardens. they did so well this year it was called apricot sprite.

well I'm off to clean, I want things in order before friday.

michelle

Here's my want list.

Agastache cana - 'Bubble Gum Mint'
Alcea Hollyhock - 'Black Current Whirl'
Ammi visnaga
Aquilegia - any Clementine
Dame's Rocket - white
Echinops - Globe Thistle
Eryngium alpinum - Alpine Sea Holly
Eryngium 'Miss wilmott's Ghost'

Euphorbia marginata - Snow on the Mountain
Dianthus barbatus 'Sooty'

Digitalis obscura (Sunset Foxglove)
Digitalis parviflora 'Milk Chocolate'
Digitalis trojana
Hibiscus acetosella - Red leaf Hibiscus
Impatiens glandulifera white
Larkspur – any with double flowers
Nasturtiums Tropaeolum - 'Gleam Salmon'
Nicotiana any
Papaver laciniatum - poppy 'Black Swan'
Platycodon grandiflorus Balloon flower double white
Rudbeckia Cappuccino , Goldilocks or Maya
Scabiosa atropurpurea - any black or white
variegated foliage plants
Zinnia - any cactus flowered

This was SO MUCH fun last year, and this year I have more seeds I can send! Here is my wish list. I will start sorting seeds to send tonight!

Chinese forget me not
delphinium exaltatum
Penstemons, Iron Maiden or other taller red types.
Penstemon grandiflorus 'Esprit'
Penstemon superbus
Cantaloupe (suitable for zone 6)
Maltese cross
Foxglove - white and pink
Strawberry any type
Primula polyanthus
Primula x pubescens
Primula juliae
Viola Corsica
Campanula latifolia var. macrantha
Echinacea
Fig leaf hollyhock
Garlic seeds/bulbils
Salvia greggi/microphylla: red or pink
Helleborus niger - christmas rose
Campanula - peach leaf
siberian iris - any color

Lois in PA

** To those already sending me a list of WHOM your mailing to...If you plan to add on, PLEASE keep track of your info and send it to me like this.

Who I reported already..

santa
elves
mrs claus

Who I am adding...

Comet
Vixen

PLEASE....HELP ME AS I RECEIVE ABOUT 100 EMAILS A DAY THRU THIS SWAP !!! THANKS SOOO MUCH !

SOO Happy to see so many from last season, and some GREAT new Elves too !!

Thanks for asking for my list..I promise to address this soon :)

****OK, here is a list of people I HAVE mailing info for...If you want to join the swap, PLEASE send me your info ! Thanks for helping me stay organized by sending so quickly !!

Sheriannricherson
maemaeo312
jas_il
poisondartfrog
retsec
fcoffill
gmom2-6boys
alwaysagarden
Booberry85
dirt_under_my_nails
dorisl
Catrionaa
rane_grow
lisa831
aphroditelaughs
AuntNawnee
perrenialfan273
hdiperna
Pumpkingal
dan_the_mailman
Paulan70
Pseudacris_crucifer
chitownladyd
ishareflowers
apaloosa909
micyrey
crisann
naturegirl236
daisyb
Margarita10
aphroditelaughs
katsgarden864
thinking_stomach
ilovefarac
Cryptid
wipe_yo_feets
MSIRIE
robin1962-2008
karendee
quiltingfox
nlb52
velsgarden
Agnella
ruthz
Ishareflowers
wishdesign
daffodillady
perkybarb
Bashful_gardener
riley17
highalttransplant

****PLEASE check this list...It is WHO I RECEIVED an email with your mailing address ! If you dont see your name PLEASE email me your info , thanks !!

55 Elves have added their name to SANTAS LIST, who will be next...You dont want Santa to miss you this season !!!

( as I write this I remember a few people signed up on my old email..I will add u on the next update ! )

Also, I want everyone to know...this truly is about the SPIRIT of Christmas..it is NOT about how much you can send, or what if you get more back then you send !!! Come and join EVEN If you can send 1 card...

Dan...as always thanks for keeping us women fat and happy..hahahha !! I missed carols cake, so pass me some Egg Nog PLEASE !!!!!

Here's my wish list.

Vegetables:
Cucumber - Diva**
Bean - FORTEX**, Emerite, Cherokee Trail of Tears
Beet - Golden
Broccoli - Barbados, Early Dividend
Cabbage - any purple
Carrots- Purple Dragon, any purple
Kale - Nero/Tuscan Black, Dinosaur
Lettuce - any Oakleaf
Melon - Ambrosia**, Creme de la Creme**
Garlic - any**
Onion seed - Red ShortDay or Indeterminate
Peas - Whippoorwill **
Seed Potatoes - any
Pumpkin - Fairytale
Spinach - Olympia
Tomato - Costoluto Genovese
Tomato - Any White Variety

Flowers:
Coleus - any
Begonia - any
Lavendar - any
Sunflower Mammoth Grey

So you can count me in and my wish list is below....

1 Asters
2 Butterfly Bush - Bicolor
3 Columbine - Black and White
4 Delphinium - Chocolate
5 Delphinium - Scarlet
6 Double Hollyhocks
7 Echinacea - Razzmatazz
8 Marigold - Harlequin striped
9 Marigold - Striped French
10 Marigold - Tiger Eyes
11 Marigold - Day of the Dead Golden Yellow
12 Mexican Hat
13 Petunias
14 Rudbeckia - Irish Eyes
15 Rudbeckia - Irish Spring
16 Rudbeckia - Marmalade
17 Salvias
18 Squash-Guatamalan Blue Banana
19 Squash-Hopi Pale Grey
20 Lettuce Leaf Basil
21 Roman Chamomile
22 Tomato-Unique paste tomatoes
23 Tomato-Blue Ridge Mountain
24 Tomato-Break O'Day
25 Zinnia - Giant Violet Queen

Thanks again,

Toni

I bought cards today!!I am so ready for this!! Robin

SURPRISES !!!
ABELMOSCUS MANIHOT YELLOW !!!!!!!
red bee balm!!!!
cone flowers(any colors)
sunflowers(any)
sweet williams
hostas(any)
daisies(any,especially crazy daisy)
bubby bush(carolinasweet spice bush)
pansies
day lilies
anything for shade
cannas
poppies especially double red
.hollyhocks especially peaches and cream
.hardy hibiscus

.wildflower mix(shade)
coleus
.LOTS OF OKRA!!!
green beans, bush or stick
grape tomatoes
peaches and cream corn
different heirloom tomatoes,small or large,different colored
yellow crookneck squash
onions
spinach
hot peppers
CATNIP

Hi all,

I'm so glad I can be one of the elves this year. I can fill some of those wishes, but only if you've been naughty-- not nice he! he! he!

Oh yeah my wish list--

1. Leucantheum 'Gold Rush Daisy'
2. Clematis 'Arabella'
3. Dahlia 'Bishop's Children'
4. Dahlia 'Otto's Thrill'
5. Dahlia 'Babylon Pink'
6. Yvonne's Salvia
7. Lilium 'Reinesse’
8. Oriental Poppy
9. Rubeckia 'Cherry Brandy'
10. Thai Basil
11. Pepper 'Habenero'
12. Kellogg's Breakfast Tomato
13. Sun Gold Tomato
14. Any of the perennial grasses
15. European Ginger
16. Baptisia 'Purple Smoke
17. Digitalis 'ferruginea' (but will be glad to get any variety :-)
18. Hemerocallis (any that have successfully bloomed)
19. Morning Glory (any and only of Japanese variety)
20. Asiatic lily 'Luxor'
21. Oenothera minima 'evening primrose'
22. 'Sunburst Ruby' Aquilegia
23. Impatiens glandulifera 'Red Wine'
24. Anemone nemorosa
25. Lupine 'Dwarf Fairy Tale Pink'

Thanks Kym for again being the hostess with the mostest!

--Flowers--
1. Balloon Flower (other than blue, except for double blue)
2. Rudbeckia - cherry brandy
3. Verbena (any)
4. Echinacea - Tomato Soup, Mac 'n' Cheese, Harvest Moon, Fragrant Angel, Green Envy, Kim's Knee High
5. Dianthus - black and white minstrels, Chinensis Edwardiana
6. Carnation - Corona Cherry Magic
7. Cape Daisy - Venidium fastuosum - "Jaffa Ice", "Zulu Prince (aka ‘Monarch of the Veld’)"
8. Double Hollyhock - black, purple
9. Lilies - Calla Lily, Toad Lily (any), Lily of the Valley, Tiger Lily (any), Anaconda, Stargazer (any),
Garden Party, Angelique
10. Scabwort
--Veggies--
11. *Any* heirloom veggies (except eggplant, brussel sprouts, cabbage or sweet/bell peppers)
12. Peppers - Tabasco, Paprika, Pequin
13. Celery
--Herbs--
14. Any culinary and/or medicinal (except Basil, Chives and Feverfew)
15. Saponaria officinalis (Soap Wort)
16. Chlorogalum pomeridianum (Soap Root, Indian Soap Root)
17. Hops
Oh heck,...surprise me!!

Don

My question is do I get the addresses from Kym when I send the list of people?

I organized my seeds yesterday and realized that many seeds I have were here on wish lists so I set them aside with names on them.

I may send some in spurts so hubby does not notice how many cards are going out :)

Karen

Pink Sedum

********* PLEASE READ ***********************

KYM WILL MAIL ONE LIST OF ADDRESSES, AFTER ALL SIGN UPS ARE COMPLETED !!!! Take the time to pack your seeds, place with a card, with persons screen name..then all you need to do is add an address, and mail !!

Kym cannot possibly mail an individual list of just the addies each of you needs..Kym would go insane...hahahaha !!

STEPS TO THE SWAP :

1. POST A WISH LIST

2. EMAIL KYM YOUR SCREEN NAME AND ADDRESS LIKE THIS

ST NICK (GW SCREEN NAME )
SANTA CLAUS
100 NORTH POLE LANE
NORTH POLE
00000

3. READ THRU ALL WISH LISTS

4. CHOOSE HOW MANY, AND WHO YOU WANT TO "ELF"

5. PACK YOUR SEEDS

6. INCLUDE A CHRISTMAS CARD ( HOMEMADE ARE GREAAT, OR STORE BOUGHT IS FINE TOO)

7. WAIT FOR LIST OF ADDRESSES TO BE EMAILED TO YOU

8. SEND KYM A LIST OF WHO YOU ARE MAILING TO..EVEN IF YOUR NEW YOU MUST REPORT THAT TO ME

** I JUST NEED SCREEN NAMES, PLEASE DONT SEND LIST OF SEEDS !!

9. MAIL YOUR CARDS OUT ON DATES PROVIDED !!!

10. COME TO THIS SWAP AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, AND JOIN IN ON THE GAMES, CONVERSATION, YUMMY SNACKS..AND SPIRIT !!

11. MOST IMPORTANTLY...THANK THE PEOPLE WHO SEND TO YOU !

12. HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS !!

Here is the complete list of people I have received mailing addresses from ....PLEASE PLEASE check for your name...and let me know if I missed you, and SEND your mailing info if you havent yet ! THANKS A BUNCH !

Sheriannricherson
maemaeo312
jas_il
poisondartfrog
retsec

fcoffill
gmom2-6boys
alwaysagarden
Booberry85
dirt_under_my_nails

dorisl
Catrionaa
rane_grow
lisa831
aphroditelaughs

AuntNawnee
perrenialfan273
hdiperna
Pumpkingal
dan_the_mailman

Paulan70
Pseudacris_crucifer
chitownladyd
ishareflowers
apaloosa909

micyrey
crisann
naturegirl236
daisyb
Margarita10

aphroditelaughs
katsgarden864
thinking_stomach
ilovefarac
Cryptid

wipe_yo_feets
MSIRIE
robin1962-2008
karendee
quiltingfox

nlb52
velsgarden
Agnella
ruthz
Ishareflowers

wishdesign
daffodillady
perkybarb
Bashful_gardener
riley17

highalttransplant
loisinpa
donperkins
ourhappyhome
cherone7

Just1morehosta
spookycharles
dirtdiggin

Yotetrapper, I looked at both emails...I have saved ALL that I have received..and dont have yours with an address...sorry ! please try to send with out using GW form..they dont always go thru !

We are at 60 Elves....Santa is busy Making his list and checking it twice !!

Thanks to you all...For making this a wonderful Season !

I have my seed packs set aside and as I see a wish I can grant I put the GW name and add to a list I am keeping.
I am at about 15 right now. I will add more when new people sign up. I am so surprised I had so many seeds people want.

I like getting cards and now getting them with seeds is great! December will be fun for me!

Karen

More to come soon.

GW Name/ Trade Page

paulan70
dorisl
micyrey
dirt_under_my_nails
hdiperna
perennialfan273
poisondartfrog
jas_il
booberry85
hdiperna
alwaysagarden
pumkingal
sheriannricherson
gmom2-6boys
retsec
maemae0312
ishareflowers
fcoffill
catrionaa
dan_the_mailman
rane_grow
appaloosa909
aphroditelaughs
hdiperna
pseudacris_crucifer
chitownladyd
auntnawnee
lisa831
naturegirl236
crisann
daisyb
margarita10
katsgarden864
aphroditelaughs

I hope they work :)
Karen

HERE IS A CORRECTION.....
sorry

GW Name/Trade Page
paulan70
dorisl
micyrey
dirt_under_my_nails
hdiperna
perennialfan273
poisondartfrog
jas_i
booberry85
hdiperna
alwaysagarden
pumkingal
sheriannricherson
gmom2-6boys
retsecmaemae0312
ishareflowers
fcoffill
catrionaa
dan_the_mailman
rane_grow
appaloosa909
aphroditelaughs
hdiperna
pseudacris_crucifer
chitownladyd
auntnawnee
lisa831
naturegirl236
crisann
daisyb
margarita10
katsgarden864
aphroditelaughs

I had the person's GW name in front of the code so it was putting the GW name with the wrong link.....oops

phew....More to come soon

Karen

Anyway dusting myself off and trying to get back in the Holiday Spirit. Count me in!

My wishes are simple:

Anything with the name "John" in it
anything edible
I would like seeds from great tasting plums, peaches, nectarines etc to stratify over the winter.
any coneflowers.
something hardy that flowers to plant where there are tons of tree roots, uggghhh

If I come up with any specifics I will post when I get back from Disney...I am taking our granddaughter for her 5th birthday on Nov 19. It was a promise grandpa and I made 2 years ago and I will not let this girl down!

Kim
plant-one-on-me

Hugs
April

---------------
Trade page links....

This is easy now that I know what I am doing. I wish I could delte the first post with the wrong links…

Here is an update.

Posted previously
GW Name/Trade Page
paulan70
dorisl
micyrey
dirt_under_my_nails
hdiperna
perennialfan273
poisondartfrog
jas_il
booberry85
hdiperna
alwaysagarden
pumkingal
sheriannricherson
gmom2-6boys
retsec
maemae0312
ishareflowers
fcoffill
catrionaa
dan_the_mailman
rane_grow
appaloosa909
aphroditelaughs
hdiperna
pseudacris_crucifer
chitownladyd
auntnawnee
lisa831
naturegirl236
crisann
daisyb
margarita10
katsgarden864
aphroditelaughs

Added to the links

thinking_stomach
flwrs4ever--Kym--Our-Host
ilovefarac
highalttransplant
wipe_yo_feets
cryptid
karendee
quiltingfox
nlb52
velsgarden
robin1962-2008
katsgarden864
cherone7
nottougly
maemae0312
msirie
yotetrapper
agnella
mary_littlerockar
riley17
bashful_gardener
spookycharles
wishdesign
daffodillady
rane_grow
ruthz
lois
ourhappyhome
dirtdiggin
robin1962-2008
chitownladyd
cryptid
donperkins
dirtdaddy
perkybarb
plant-one-on-me

I will re-post when I add more
Karen

With that being said, I'd like to add that I love surprises and if anyone has great seeds that need a loving home send them my way.

Also, would greatly appreciate some red castor bean seeds for my red bed.

La Donna

1. Rudbeckia
2. Echinaceas
3. Jacob Cline Monarda
4. Gaillardia - Arizona Sun
5. Red Bee Balm
6. Any Hardy Hibiscus
7. Cardinal Flower - Lobelia
8. Turk's Cap Lily
9. Any Lily
10. Royal Empress Tree
11. Vitex Agnus-Castus - Chase Tree
12. Larkspur - Delphinium
13. Dahlbery Daisy
14. Dwarf Crape Myrtle
15. Coleus - any color
16. Salvia - Red
17. Any Shade-loving Perennial
18. English Daisy - Strawberries and Cream
19. Begonia - any
20. Daylily - any
21. Nandina - Heavenly Bamboo
22. Dahlias - any
23. Million Bells - Calibrachoa
24. Toad Lily
25. Hosta

thanks!
Karen

This is such a good thing. I was just amazed last year by the amount of seed that I received. Now I will be able to make more happy receivers.

Here is my wish list and it is different from my GW page link:
Anything hardy to zone 4-5
Any climbing flower
Chrysanthemum
Swiss Chard
Fennel
Stevia
Rosemary
Tomatillo
Basil
Lungwart
Foamflower
Hydrangeas
Hellebore
Bergenia
Lantana
Kale
Globe amaranth

Thanks Kim

I'm not looking forward to the cold and snow but this will help keep me busy.

Have a great Day
Sharon

1. Columbine Clementine Blue
2. Velour Blue Bronze Viola
3. Jerusalem Sage
4. English Daisy Habanera® Red Tips
5. Nasturtiums, Albino, ‘Alaska’, ‘Jewel of Africa’
7. Heuchera 'Palace Purple'
8. Verbena Moss
9. Sagina
10. Viola 'Skippy XL Plum-Gold'
11. Agrimony Eupatoria (Church Steeples)
12. Coreopsis Mahogany Midget
13. Petunia Frillytunia White Hybrid
14. Zinnia Candy Cane
15. Pentapetes phoenicea
16. Yellow Waxbells (kirengeshoma palmata)
17. Basil Red Rubin
18. Daisy, Blue Fringed
21. Lanceleaf Japanese Maple
22. Teddy bear vine (cyanotis kewensis)
23. Mountain Mint
24. Fragrant Trailing Scandent Begonia
25. Hibiscus False Roselle, Red-Leaf

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Sandy

1. Basil (any kind other than sweet, cinnamon, lemon, & Opal)
2. Lettuce (any kind)
3. Greens (any kind, such as mustards, pak choi, mizuna, etc.)
4. Bell (especially purple and yellow) and Sweet Peppers
5. Eggplant (anything other than Black Beauty)
6. Cherry Tomatoes (any heirloom type)
7. Broccoli and Cauliflower (especially different colors other than the common)
8. Okra (any kind other than clemson spimeless)
9. Carrots (especially colors other than orange)
10. Walking Onions
11. Any Blue Pumpkin/Squash
12. Scallop/Patty Pan Summer Squash
13. Beetberry/Strawberry Spinach
14. Artichokes
15. Strawberries
16. Celery or Celeriac
17. Winged Bean/Asparagus Pea
18. Reisetomate Tomato
19. Pumpkin on a Stick Ornamental Eggplant
20. Lisianthus
21. Calendula
22. Dahlias
23. Celosia
24. Carnations (especially large florist size ones, or any that make good cut flowers)
25. Surprise me with any veggies seeds. I love trying different things, especially unusual things. But I guarantee I will love anything!

Now to start working on my cards! So excited!

poppy (plum crazy)
morning glories (picotee blue)
hardy geranium
canterbury bells
japanese maple
zinna (profusion)
hibiscus ( pink swirl)
cockscomb
dianthus
foxgloves
lupine
carrots
cucumbers
tomato
any low growing perenial for zone 5

1. Passiflora foetida 'Love-in-a-Mist'
2. Mutisia decurrens 'Climbing Marigold'
3. Queen Anne's Pocket Melon, other melons
4. Berlandiera lyrata 'Chocolate Flower'
5. Sunflower, Chocolate, Reds, Oranges, Whites, Light Yellows
6. Hibiscus acetosella 'Red Shield', Hibiscus cannabinus Mauve & Yellow, Any Double Flowering Types, Dinnerplate
7. Lunaria annua 'Variegata' & 'Variegata alba'
8. Lavatera arborea 'Variegata'
9. Veggies - Peppers, (chili, chocolate, peter, etc), Tomatoes (black, tangy, sweet), Beans, Snow Peas, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Corn (Sweet, Popping, Ornamental), Turnips, Beets, Rutabagas, Carrots, Eggplants (Green, White, Black, 'Red Ruffled', Pumpkin on a stick) Potatoes etc.
10. Lobelia cardinalis
11. Asclepias physocarpa 'Giant Swan Milkweed', Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet', Asclepias variegata, etc.
12. Aconitum napellus 'Monk's Hood'
13. Hollyhock 'Chater's Double Appleblossom Pink' & a Double Black, Also any single flowering Hollyhocks
14. Castor Beans (Green, Black, Pink Veining, Silver*, Purple, Red)
15. Tacca (Cat's Whiskers- Green*, Black, White)
16. Amaranthus tricolor 'Summer Poinsettia, Joeseph's Coat)
17. Billardiera longiflora 'Climbing Blueberry'
18. Bougainvillea 'Majestic Purple' or any
19. White American Beautyberry
20. Canavalia ensiformis 'Jack Bean, or Sward Bean'
21. Coreopsis tinctoria 'Mahogany Midget'
22. Cosmos atrosanguineus 'Chocolate Cosmos' also 'Picotee', Apricot, Yellow Garden
23. Dictamnus albus (Alba, Purpureaus, Rubra)
24. Gaillardia aestivalis 'Indian Firewheel' & others
25. Surprise me with your favorites!

Wishing everyone very happy holidays!!!
Going to see how many wishes I can fill now.

Don

I would love to join the swap. I will post my wish list by the end of the week. Thanks for hosting again this year!

Ginger

1.small pumpkins 2 gourds small
3.fennel 4. dill 5. squash 6. parsley
7.basil 8 cheroke purple tomato 9. black cherry tomato
10.peppers 11. sage 12.hollyhockd. 13.lobelia
14. any ornamental grass 15. sungold tomato
16.parsnip 17.turnip 18.red bee balm
19.cilantro 20.thyme 21.cilantro 22.luffa
23.large gourd seeds luffa 24. cockcomb 25.lettuce

her is my wish list . oswego

~Iris

I wanted to share this info with you all. In BHG magazine they have an article about recycling old greeting cards. Visit the website stjudesranch.org for donation info. They support abused, abandoned and neglected kids. The children earn money by removing the front of the cards and use them to make new cards out of recycled paper. They sell the cards in packs of 10. I am looking forward to participating in this! Just an idea for your greeting cards after the holidays.

Hope everyone survived Monday!!

Heidi

Heidi, that is a great way to recycle cards, and last year MANY people from the swap passed on there cards..could I ask you to repost at the end of the swap ?? It would be wonderful for us to help out this year !!

I wanted to mention to those of you with Kids..feel free to get them involved in making the cards if you would like ! I for one..got alot of enjoyment last season from all the homemade ones ( kids and adults alike ! )

I am caught up on my record keeping..thanks to you all for sending me ur info, and for offering help ! I made a big mistake last night, and accidently erased an ENTIRE column of info and had to spend today going back thru ALL the emails..UGH !!

SIGN UPS ARE UNTIL NOVEMBER 27TH, PLEASE come join us !! ALL people in good standing are encouraged to join ...you only have to send 1 or 2 cards, this is for ALL ! Newbies welcome to join also !

I will add an updated list soon. I wanted to wait until a few more people sign up.

If you do not see your username let me know.
Karen

Good idea for cards Heidi, thank you for posting it, had StJude Children's address and now don't need to search.
I'll send them a card or something little too.

Wish weather would stay a while as it is, still gathering seeds.

Secret Santa ( or two) , smile, I've been really patient and as good as can be, feel I can ask for some favors, thank you so much.

My wish list:

Seed packets -paper , 2x2 or 2x3 in.
Recipes! I've been sharing healthy recipes for a while.

SEEDS:

Fennel Florence ( makes bulb, have common)
Basil- Red Rubin, Thai Siam Queen, Lemon Dani, others
Pepper-orn " Purple Flash"
Hibiscus - Disco Belle-pink, "Luna Blush"-others
Cosmos- Tetra Versailles -Red, apricot, dble white, picotee
Zinnia -Swizzle " Cherry and Ivory", Cactus flowered, any
Impatients - mix, low growing, for shade
Nasturtiums
Salvia white ( coccinea and any), Sangria & other bicolors
Pentsemon
Peppers- ornamental- " Holiday Cheer"-cherry;your mix?
Peppers-Habanero, Bell-lilac/purple,
Eggplant- White, striped, lavender ( other than purple)
Hyssop-white
Jasmine- any except Nite Blooming
Morning Glory-Tie Dyed Pink, JMG "Lavender Silk","Pink Silk"
Canna- Salmon, White
Verbena-low growing
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Beans- Yard long, Ying-Yang

Any favorites from your garden, especially butterfly and hummingbird attractors.

Again, I'd be happy with a few recipes, paper packets or/and a few seeds.

Have a great time trading and see you soon, best wishes
for a healthy- therefore happy holiday.
Hope you have enough to be thankful for.

Kym, you got to have your hands full, I'll wait til you can send me addresses, thank you again.

Bea

ADDRESSES WILL BE MAILED ....ONCE....TO YOU ALL...AFTER SIGN UPS ARE OVER !!!!!!!!!!! :p ( tongue is for Danny boy)

GBEA, so glad to see you ! I am sure Santa will have a few surprises :)

FEEL free to spread the word, ALL is welcome to join ! ( in good standing ofc)

Deana, I sent you an email ..

HO HO HO ,

Santa Kym

Thanks!
Deanna

ALL, ARE WELCOME TO JOIN....THIS SWAP IS ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF "GIVING"...YOU MAY MAIL AS MANY, OR AS LITTLE AS YOU ARE ABLE . THIS IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO SHARE IN THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAYS AND BRING SOME CHEER TO OTHERS !! YOU CAN CHOOSE TO MAIL ONE CARD, OR 100...IT IS YOUR CHOICE !! SOOO, POST YOUR WISH LISTS, AND ALLOW SOME HOLIDAY SPIRIT INTO YOUR LIFE THIS SEASON !!!!

TO ALL NEWBIES :

This is what I posted in the rules, ANYONE, in good standing...is welcome to join !! Post a wish list, send me your address..I just ask that you be ACTIVE in the swap..and make sure you thank everyone. This is a GREAT way for newbies to get started ..we ALL were newbies at sometime !!

Karen, all I see is a list ;-( is everyone else seeing a list of everyones' names that are clickable links ?

~Iris

Chere

1. Herbs, any are fun my favorite bread to bake is cheddar cheese garlic chive
2. Gourds, I love making bird houses and handing them out to friends. I also make soap dishes for my homemade soaps.
3. Louffa seeds
4. Any vegetables I grow most of our food and share with several families. I dry, can, and freeze as much as I can. I have a kid's area in my garden with teepees. I live in Southern California so I garden year round and have almost 2 acres to plant. I am adventurous and love to try new foods.
5. Any flowers suited to dry California conditions.

Looking forward to this!

Thanks!

Diana

Al-Kuffa 1

Summer Cider (orange)2

Italian Giant Beefsteak 3

Recently discovered I am in need of bell peppers too.

Orange Summer 4

Golden Summer 5

Big Bertha or any large bell similar to it.6

Pumpkin:

Winter Luxury 7

Wolf 8

Howden 9

Conetecut Field 10

Big Moon 11

Rouge Vif d' Etampes 12

Galeux d'Eysines 13

Mars 14

Baby Pam 15

Kabocha Squash 16

Zukes 17

Okra 18

Cucumber County Fair 19

Eggplant 20

Flowers for bees, butterflies and Humming Birds 21

Italian Basil 22
Oregano 23
Chives 24
Thyme 25

Here is wishing everyone a great Holiday season and hope for a great garden in 2010.

Im sorry that I need to drop out of this one, I dont think Ill be able to send many out.

:)
Maybe next year.
Doris.

thanks Timmy

ps this is mom(micyrey) I was very happy to finaly get timmy signed up for GW, he is always asking me for seeds when I get envies in the mail. I will give him some seeds from my harvest this year to package for him to swap with, I will also oversee his lableing and shipping, he will make the cards himself. he is 7 years old so easy to grow seeds would be great, NOID is also good, his fav color is orange.

Heidi

Are the names in blue underlined for you? It may be a computer issue because I see them as links we can click on...

Someone test them out please and let me know before I post another list.

Thanks!!
Karen

Doris are you sure you need to drop out you don't have to send a lot of seeds. Just one or two is fine...

I will post them differently next time and hopefully they will work. I followed the directions.... lol

SORRY

Karen

Now, can you teach me how you did that, LOL?

Bonnie

1. tomato any but brandywine
2. pickling onion
3. poppies
4. zinnias
5. foxgloves
6. lupines
7. monks hood
8. delphinum
9. sage
10.basil
11.thyme
12.larkspur
13.cosmos - yellows, oranges or reds
14.oriental lily
15.asiatic lily
16.amaryllis
17.bleeding hearts
18.snapdragons
19.kale
20.broccoli
21.cucumbers
22.peppers
23.Chrysanthemums
24.Rhubarb
25.salvias

This is a first for me and it sounds like so much fun. My thanks to all who participate and especially to the Secret Santa Swap hostess, Kym, who obviously donates many hours to make this all happen.

Here is my wish list and I thank everyone who takes the time to read it.

Happy gardening next spring and a very Merry Christmas to all ... Mary

1) Nepeta fassennii - 'Walker's Low' Catmint
2) Rosemary - Rosmarinus angustifolia 'Pine Scented'
3) Eupatorium dubium 'Little Joe' - Joe Pye Weed
4) Rudbeckia triloba - Three-lobed Coneflower
5) Orlaya grandiflora - White Lace Flower
6) Clasping Coneflower
7) Artemisia
8) Pentas
9) Heuchera / Coral Bells
10) Silene laciniata- Jack Flash
11) Silene virginica - Fire Pink
12) Forget-me-not
13) Chasmanthium latifolium - 'Northern Sea Oats' ornamental grass
14) Dutchman's pipe vine
15) Wooly thyme
16) Bacopa
17) Alyssum - Basket of Gold (perennial)
18) Bee Balm / Monarda - Jacob Cline
19) Phlox
20) Mexican Hat
21) Daisy - Crazy Daisy
22) Lettuce - Oakleaf or looseleaf variety
23) Coreopsis 'Creme Brulee
24) Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb'

DO NOT POST ANYMORE HERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANKS !!!

GO TO NEW SECRET SANTA THREAD, CLICK ON LINK

My wish list;

Annual shady plant seeds
perrinial shady plant seeds
anything attracting hummingbirds
anything attracting butterflies
border sized plant seeds
any Morning Glory
Moon flowers
any night blooming flower
rare tomato seeds
Black tomatoes
Peter pepper seeds

OK...anything...really...i am not too picky!

Thanks, I am real excited, This is my 1st BIG swap!!

I will try to see what I can do for the next posting and make them directly to the trade page not member page.

As for how I did this... I did a search on GW on how to post HTML and there are directions. Not too hard... just some code to copy and paste.

Karen

poppy-reds or any oriental
rudbeckia-sonora
rudbeckia-maya
salvia-plumosa
salvia-rose queen
sedum-lynda windsor
sedum-autumn fire
verbena-apple blossom
veronica-crater lake blue
veronica-royal candles
white butterfly bush
columbine-red,white double
columbine-dragonfly
columbine-songbird cardinal
aster-bluebird
aster crimsonbrocade
double bloom canterbury bells
coreopsis-domino
coreopsis-early sunrise
campanula-cherry bells

And I hope everyone has a very merry christmas!!!!
Thanks Santa