My five most wanted seeds -- oooh, that's a tough one. That list would change almost every day.
For me, those would have to be:
Echinacea "Art's Pride" (for my mother's garden)
Scabiosa "Ebony and Ivory"
Coreopsis "Sweet Dreams"
Bleeding Heart (purple, yellow or white)
Delphinium (one of the Camelot series)
[honorable mention to Malva "Mystic Merlin" for the Camelot themed garden]

It's actually quite difficult to choose a top-five wanted seeds list . . . lol.

My 5 most wanted seeds
Moonflower
Lenten Rose (Helleborus orientalis)
Canna Stuttgart or any other coloured leaves except green.
Double impatiens
snow pansies
Sharon you need to put your 5 most wanted also.
Even elves have wants.
Mary-Jane

My five wants...that's really tough! But here goes:
1. blue poppy
2. calla lily
3. oxalis
4. magnolia
5. mimosa pudica/partridge pea

My wish list would be:
1) Double Petunias
2) Double or ruffled pansies
3) ornamental grasses
4) Cornflower Frosted Queen
5) Hibiscus red shield

Thanks so much Sharon for starting this. Should be lots of fun and Merry Christmas to all..
Connie

Dear Santa,
I've been a very, very good gardening-girl all year long, I would love any of the wish seeds below.

Arenaria montana Sandwort
Draba sp.
Penstemon hirsutus
RUDBECKIA triloba
SILPHIUM perfoliatum Cup Plant

Hugs & Merry Christmas to all!
Sharon

Dear Santa, I have been a good gardener this year and for christmas I would like some purple alyssum, tiger paw asters, amaranthus(joseph's coat),coleus and some snapdragons. Thanks

Merry Christmas to everyone:)
joanne77

Dear Santa,

I've been a good garden girl all year, Ok I know you saw me steal plants from my moms garden, but I was only giving them a better home. All the seedlings that I lost was not my fault at all, it was the defective seed tray you brought me last year I swear. My back garden may look neglected, but again, how could I ever tell those sweet chickens not to eat all my plants after all they do eat all the grubs. I know I broke the garden spade you gave me in half, but hey I do live on "the rock" of Canada, try bringing be a cast Iron one next time. Anyway Santa, since I have not asked for much this year could you please send me these 5 packages of seeds that I have been looking for quite a while, I know I always ask for very difficult gifts and I know the elves are busy so If for some reason you cant find them I have listed 5 more.

Variegated Hardy Kiwi (Actinidia kolomikta)
Mulberries Morus alba
Nine star perennial broccoli (Brassica oleracea botrytis aparagoides)
Hardy Orange (Poncirus Flying Dragon)
American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)

Bush Clover Fountain(Lespedeza Thunbergii)
Sedum erythrostictum 'Frosty Morn'
Sedum spectabile 'Stardust'
Verbascum Carribean Crush
Hisbiscus -blue satin

Thank you santa,

Judie NL

Hello Santa,
I have been a good gardener this year.All I want is:
Mixed Delphinum
Nemesia
Yellow Cone flower
Double Shasta Daisy Flowers
Mixed Penstemon
Asclepian pink
Hardy grasses/palm plant
That is all I wanted this year.

MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007 TO ALL THE GARDENER
MANY MORE TO COME.
SHANTA

my wish list

pink lily of the valley
dahlia(any type)

that's all i want santa ..thank you

Dear Santa;

My computer system has been very bad this year, so my request isn't typical. Here is my wish list:

1. I would like my email correspondence files back (we just experienced a system crash and lost all email correspondence - right in the middle of trading clematis seeds).

And since that wish isn't going to happen (the computer whiz tried but the outlook express email file wasn't retrievable), here's my real wish:

2. I would love to have all those who had written to me earlier requesting my clematis - abundance; and those waiting for my clematis - sweet autumn to ripen so I could send both, to email me again so I can start all over again with getting these seeds out to you all. I want to make sure these ripe seeds go to the people I initially promised them to.

PS - Sorry to have hijacked this thread momentarily, but figured so many people would be dropping in to read this thread that I might have a hope at connecting with those of you who still were waiting to hear back from me, and since I can't access the previously lost email files, this is my only hope.

Cheers, Sydseeds

Well, I just received the Vesey's catalogue and then my wish list expanded tremendously. Here's my wish list in order of priority. I know it's more than five but I just couldn't limit myself.

1. Verbena St. George or Escapade Bright Eye
2. Rudbekia Chocolate Orange
3. Pelargonium/geranium: Orange Appeal or Black Velvet Scarlet
4. Portulaca: Margarita Rosita
5. Gomphrena Tall mix
6. Coleus: Black Dragon on Kong Mosaic, or Fairway Salmon Rose
7. Sunflower: Double Dandy, Valentine, Peach Passion
8. Pansy: Chalon Blueberry Cream Mix, Penny Orchid Mix

I ended up deleting some as I didn't want to seem too piggish.

I have a list several pages long but decided on a simple Christmas wish list:

Snap dragons
Celosia
Sweet peas
Chinese foxgloves
Alyssum  basket of gold

Now I don't wish to seem too elementary at this BUT... how does this work? If I have something that is on someone's wish list do I contact them for their address and send it to them? Or, do I e-mail crazy-gardener to tell her I have it?

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!

Thanks,
Lisa

Lisa, if you have something that is on someone's wish list, you contact them for their address and send it to them :)

Sharon

OK, thanks for the info Sharon.

Lisa

Dearest Santa,

I only have one wish for seeds this year.

"Clematis Fire Works" {{gwi:705466}}

I know it's hard to come by so I won't be disappointed if you can't find it :o)

Barb

Wow! I actually asked Santa for a Passiflora for several years, but he never brought one!! I was extra nice to my new garden this year...so maybe.....my top 5 would have to be:
1. Passiflora (any of these amazing plants)
2. Blue Hibiscus (seems a popular item on the lists!)
3. Asters - love them all too
4. Chinese lanterns (physalis alkekengi)
5. Eucalyptus

joanne77, please email me, I've emailed via GW you twice now with no replies back?
I'm wondering if GW email is having glitches again.

Sharon

Oh my oh my, what a nice Christmas surprise I received in the mail today!

Thank you soooo much Santa and to your wonderful elf who help you out for the Penstemon hirsutus v. pygmaea seeds!

Merry Christmas!

Hugs!
Sharon

Dear Santa,
Growing from seed is my favourite pastime. It keeps me out of trouble. So here is my wish list.
Aconitum x 'Ardensii' carmichaelii
Clematis Vyvyan Pennell
Descampia caepitosia - Hair Grass
Ligularia dentata Britt-Marie Crawford
Salix alba Britzensis

Happy Christmas to all,
sam

Dear Santa,
My garden centre expansion is going much too slowly for my liking! I'd like one of your elves to come and finish the job so that it can be ready for planting in February. Oh, and just one loan payment made on my behalf is all I want.

Dear Santa .. I have tried to be a good gardener all year long. But I think sometimes I fall short on taking care of my babies over the winter months :o( I do try to share with as many people as I can. This year, I have a few things that I hope you might be able to bring me .. last year was a bit of a bust with nothing showing up in my mail box :o( So I will keep it fairly simple

I would like to have in my garden
Datura - Golden Queen & Purple Queen
Red Castor bean
Moonflower vine
Sunflowers that dont get too big

Thanks Santa .. and even if you arnt able to find these babies for me I will still leave you some milk and cookies when you stop by with all of the gifts for the kids :o)

Laura

Attn, Sharon
I didnt receive an email from you, and I tried to send you one as well but in case it doesn't work, my email is joanne_1977@hotmail.com. Thanks Joanne77

Hi Santa,
Just a note to say thanks to my gardenweb elf Konne for the moonflower seeds I received.
Thanks
Mary-Jane

oh thank you, thank you Santa! Received such a nice selection of ornamental grasses today! I can't wait to try them. They will be making their home around my new pond landscape. Merry Christmas and Best wishes to all for the 2007 garden year.

Hi Santa,

I know my poor garden got a bit weedy this year, but we were renovating & look how nice the house looks with the new windows & siding!! Next year, it will be like a gem surrounded by it's setting - the flower beds. So, if you send me these five things, I can fill in the spot where the nasty electrician went straight through the garden to put in the new Hydro line. Hugs to you Santa!!

Bush Clover Fountain(Lespedeza Thunbergii)
Hakonechloa Macra - Aurea (Japanese grass)
Phlox - summer (Any & all)
Lobelia Tupa (red, perennial)
Muhlenbergia capillaries (an ornamental grass)

Gail

Not fussy.......so any seeds ya have left over I'll be happy with..just enjoy growing them......Thanks
All the very best to you all.......

closer2u, you'll need to add your email to your member's page for the elfs to contact you?

Sharon

ok e mail addded,,,,,,,Thanks for letting me know..e mail sent to you as well.......hugssssss

Dear Santa,

I have been a very good girl this year. I know the tree hasn't been set up or any shopping or baking done but I've been a very busy girl. My christmas spirit starts now! I would love to receive the following for Christmas:
Euphorbia polychroma-first blush or any
petunia-any regular or wave
gaillardia-oranges and lemons
coleus-any
Zowie! yellow flame

I sure wish my kids christmas list was this simple. We'll be making you m&m oatmeal cookies this year. I'll also leave some alfalfa out for your reindeer to eat.
See you soon Santa,
Bobbie Jo aka growjo

What an amazing assortment of seeds I just received. I am so impressed with your initiative and generosity - thank you to claubill and Crazy Gardener and to all the others participating in this. Happy Holidays to you and your families!

Lisa

Happy Holidays!

Dear Santa,

I have tried to be a good gardener all year. Seeds that I would like for Christmas (or before the growing season starts!) would be:
1.) Moon and Stars watermelon
2.) Indeterminate (staking) tomato varieties
3.) Sunflowers that grow 4'-6'
4.) Hibiscus (any color)
5.) Rudbeckia (chocolate orange and toto)
6.) hardy Kiwi (Actinidia kolomikta)

Thanks Santa!! and Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays.

Rob (rgvnewf)

Wow Santa you arrived early at my home twice!!!! Thank you to my two wonderful Santas .. it truely is about sharing :o)

Laura

Agreed. A huge thank you to Santa's helper who sent me a packet of "Art's Pride" echinacea. It is much appreciated!

This may be late for Santa but then maybe it is just a thing to do after all the presents are delivered.
Maybe I can get a late surprise.. Merry Christmas to everyone.
1, dianthus
2. cosmos
3. four o'clocks
4. datura
5. petunias