Woo Hoo! Christmas came 6 days early!! My seeds came today and I was a like a little kid on Christmas morning Thanks so much for all your great organizing Bonnie. Much appreciated. And thanks so all that participated. Great collection of seeds. What fun!!!! Now starts the researching and planning...now where can I plant this one.... Donna from Castlgar, BC :)

My apologies to everyone - I got whammed by a cold Tuesday evening, so I was a bit later getting the seeds sorted and in the mail than I promised! I started sorting the seeds on Tuesday night, then realized I felt quite out of it, so I went to bed and didn't get up until today :-) Anyhow, I am mostly better now, and the seeds are done. They are now in the mail and should be making their way to you over the next week. Thanks to everyone who participated in this exchange! I hope you all find something you like in your envelopes. There was a good mix of seeds this year, and hopefully some of them will be new to everyone :-) Pretty well everyone should also find any extra postage that I didn't need in their envelope (I ask for the extra in case your envelope is too heavy, but I don't use it if I don't need it - no point in wasting it!). Happy gardening to everyone! BP

Carly, on this post you had not listed me (see below). So I hope you did not forget me. I sent you 88 packets. And I have not gotten anything in the mail as of today. I know you may have just mailed. PLMK. Thank you, mkruby7 RE: UPDATE: 2nd annual Named/Rare/Unusual Seed swap!! Posted by: jcpyburn z7b (My Page) on Wed, Nov 2, 05 at 15:38 Hello everyone, Sorry for the delay in posting! I had every intention of posting an update yesterday and I just didn't get around to it! I have been away from my computer over the weekend and monday due to some personal situations so I haven't really been able to post. I have received packages from these people: Julie\_MN Scouttiegirl Michelle S in wisconsin(not sure of GW name haven't looked it up yet!) eln2002meyer Tonysarver esiuol garden\_witch Raney10 Patricia W. in california (See above note!) Karen B from indiana barbamaman Margaret6a Patty b in ohio (see above) Romando Fgilles Toni E in california (SA) UncleWindy Whew ok so far that is 17 so far not counting the mail today which has not come yet. I may have listed your GW name as being received before and may only have your name and state listed above but I am going through and visually checking envelopes and some don't have their GW name in them and I don't have my list to match it up handy. I will post if I can't figure out someone's Gw name. I will be starting to work on these on Friday and I hope to get them out by the middle of next week. I will continue to update on whose seeds I have recieved daily so that everyone knows. If your seeds are on the way and are going to be cutting it close please let me know at least that they are on the way. ALL SEEDS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN MAILED OUT TO GET HERE ON TIME!! Unless of course you want to send them priority but that is up to you! Thanks again for all the participation! There are some great seeds in here and I think everyone will be happy! Thanks Carly

To those who received packets of veronica longifolia from Lindalana it is the best name I could come up with after doing search of Chiltern catalog. Original seed was received in a mix and even that I consulted couple of people working in the horticultural business still no recognition with 100% certainty. Plants themselves are very worthy to grow- 2-3 feet tall, with flowers similar to veronica/ veronicastrum, bloom very late summer early fall at same time with japanese anemones for good 4-5 weeks. Foliage has minty smell and deep tap root does not like transplant. Architectural, reseeds moderately, does not need support, strong stems, will take sun to part shade, plant it and forget it type of care. If you figure out it is something else please let me know, that plant has been so uncommon I can not find any references ...