WOW Carly 2 days to get to TX that is a record breaker..
Thanks for letting us have a great robin.

Carly -

My seed offerings are on their way! Can't wait to see what you do with all our goodies!!

Barb

Hi Carly,
My seeds are on their way also.
Many thanks,
Karen/gardenpaw

Okay, I'm crappy. They're going out in the morning (Wed.) so you should have them by the weekend.
Amanda 'romando'

Japanese Lavender Moonvine
Blue Shrimp Plant
Red Shrimp Plant
Cannas: (Angel Pink, Apricot Frost, Apricot Ice, Autumn Dragon,)
Agastache x Ava "Avas Hummingbird Mint"
Asarina Red Dragon
Cananga Odorata (Ylang Ylang)- want the vine not the tree
Clivia
Gaura "Crimson Butterflies"
Hedychium 'Kinkaku' ginger
Kallstroemia grandiflora (Arizona Poppy)
Passiflora mollissima (Banana passionflower)
Pelargoniums (scented type)
Snapdragons (trailing kind)
Stephanotis floribunda (Madagascar Jasmine)
Sunflowers Miniature kinds all colors
White Hyacinth Bean Vine

Hi Carley;
I actually got them in the mail this morning! Yay! (Small accomplishments, lol) Look for them soon...
Amanda 'romando'

Hi everyone,

I have received seeds so far from:

mysticmoon
Mkruby7
barbamaman
Margaret6a

Thanks so much for sending so quickly!!

I was also asked a question that was very good so I wanted to clarify to everyone so there would be no question!! It is about what kind of seeds qualify. A named variety is a cultivar of a particular type of plant such as:

Coreopsis 'moonbeam'(this is just for example this variety is actually sterile!)
Gaillardia 'fanfare'
Veronica 'Lavendar Towers'

A named variety is NOT just listing the latin name of a common variety of flower such as:

Coreopsis lanceolata
Gaillardia pulchella
etc...

A seed is also not made a named variety by naming the color, ie..

Datura white
watermelon red
salvia purple
Poppy red

A seed may be an exception to this IF it is a color of the type that is unusual or rare.

Now for seeds that are not named they must be seeds that are not common or easy to find seeds. Things that you wouldn't normally see at walmart or the dollar store, etc... I was asked for example about fringed bleeding heart seed. These are more unusual so they would qualify. Brugmansia seeds of most any color would qualify as rare or unusual because it is harder to find those seeds. Certain rare colors of datura would qualify, although white would not because it is so common to find on the seed exchange. Purple coneflower would not qualify but orange or yellow would even it is wasn't named. I hope this is enough examples but please don't hesistate to email me with ANY questions! I want to work with everyone to make this a most wonderful and successful swap!!

In looking at everyone's want lists it seems for the most part that everyone understands what named or unusual varieties are as they have them listed on their want list. This swap is NOT about someone sending in a bunch of common seeds labeled with the latin name or a color and getting a bunch of truly rare or named seed back! This is also not the swap to send a bunch of your extra common seeds in. I felt the need to clarify this because I was emailed and asked if certain things qualify. If you have any questions PLEASE feel free to send me the list of what you want to send and I can go over it and let you know if anything does not qualify! I am not trying to make this hard, I am trying to make it fair! It is not fair for people who send in truly exceptional and rare seeds to get common ones in return! Make sure that you are sending the proper amount of seeds in a pack. If you send in a packet with less than the guidelines unless it is very close you WILL be receiving it back!! Thanks for everyone's understanding!!

Carly

Ok another update I have received seeds from these people so far:

mysticmoon
Mkruby7
barbamaman
Margaret6a
esiuol
Gardenpaw
Patricia531

All I can say is WOW I have seen a lot of great seeds that I have never heard of and saw one in particular that I have been wanting for some time!! I will be googling plant pics for a long time!! Thanks so much guys!

Carly

Hi carly,
I just want to let you know, I will have my seeds in the mail sometime next week. I will have them in by the deadline, but it might be a little close =) I have several types of seeds drying that I collected just for this trade, and I want to be sure they are thoroughly dry!

I expect to be sending upwards of forty packets =)
GW

HI, I would like to join. Probably a little late for a wish list, but here goes........
Tomatoes
*Orange Blossum
*Orange Russian 117
*Kelleher's Oxheart
*Herman's Yellow
*Nicky Crain
*Reif's Red Heart
*Lithuanian Crested Pink

Pom Pom dahlia
dahlia other than red
Calendula Pink surprise
Leopand's Bane
Poppy Hen and Chickens
Nigella Hispanic
Calla lily other than white
Gourd snake and Russian Doll
Job's tears
Thanks, Patty

I hope you've gotten my seeds by now? Let me know!
Amanda 'romando'

I know you have nothing better to do, right? *lol*

Hello everyone,

Ok time for another update, I have received seeds from these people:

mysticmoon
Mkruby7
barbamaman
Margaret6a
esiuol
Gardenpaw
Patricia531
Unclewindy
fgilles
romando(Got yours today amanda!!)

We are doing really good so far! We have gotten some great seeds! We are doing great on schedule so far too! There is still another week to get your seeds to me!! Thanks!

Carly

Carly, Seeds are in the mail! Thanks, Patty

Hi Carly!

Just going to the post office....my seeds are on their way!!

Looking forward to the swap!

m

Hi Carly, my seeds are packaged and ready to go out first thing in the morning. I was waiting for some to dry from all the rain we have been getting. I was able to fill many wants....hehehehehe. ~Heather

My seeds are also on the way =)

Shannon

Hi Carly

I mailed seeds on the 23rd Let me know if you received...

Hi Carly,

Just double checking if you received my seeds? And how are we doing for all seeds received?

Just curious :)

m

Hello. How about an update, Carly? Wasn't the deadline for getting seeds in yesterday? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks. Clod

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

Carly -

You're terrific!!!

Barb

Thanks barb! You are too! I received the brug cuttings in the mail today, man those things are huge!!! If those are the cuttings I would love to see the plants!! Already got them in water! Thanks a bunch!!

Additional note: I received seeds from Sree today(sorry don't know the GW name right offhand!)

Thanks

Carly

This is gonna be so much fun...
Thank you so much, Carly, for putting this together!
Amanda 'romando'

carly,
This is sree..GW: Mint_NY. I joined 4 days before the deadline, glad that i made it. Thanks you so much for organizing this.
~Mint_NY

Hi just so you know I am Toni E. In Cali Hope that helps. Dont over work yourself sweetie take care
Toni

Hello everyone! Sorry I haven't posted an update in a while. I am up to my eyeballs in seeds! I am working on this and am hoping to start getting these out by the end of this week! I will post whose I mail when I mail them and if there are any changes I will also post! Thanks

Carly

Make sure you keep enough space to breath around lol.
Dont over do it sweetie!!!!

Hello everyone! Thanks mysticmoon, I am trying not to let them overtake me! It is taking a bit longer to get the seeds sorted than I expected, though. I appreciate everyone's patience! One day last week I spent four hours working on them!! I am making progress however and I have five packages that are going out today. They are:

Romando
Gardenpaw
Scouttiegirl
Barbamaman
Raney10

I spent two hours on the these five alone so I am going to do some each day until they are all done. I had expected to get all the sorting and packaging done in one day but that is just not happening. With so many seed packets I am going through them all for each person to try and give as many of their wants as I can. I do appreciate the people who marked who their seeds were for that has helped a lot!! Well now I have to go and clean my house and wrap christmas presents and...

Carly (who is climbing out of an avalanche of seeds as we speak!! :)

OH MAN I never thought about putting my name on each packet that would of been helpful darn it well next time we all will have to do that and maybe make it a rule of thunb so as not to totally over whelm the host of the robins.
Thanks for the heads up and will do so from now on.
Toni

Hi mysticmoon,

No I didn't mean that you needed to put your own name on them, I meant that if you were filling a specific want for someone else that you marked it to go to them!! LOL!! You didn't have to put your own name on them! I assigned everyone a number and marked all the seed packets they sent in with that number and then put them all together in one big box and then redistribute! Don't worry I am not totally overwhelmed(Yet :)) I may be later this week though I will let you know! LOL!! ;)

Carly

It feels like Christmas will be coming to my mailbox soon.... :-)

How cleaver of you never thought about that either lol. Well I should of done that too but not sure if I was able to fullfill anyones wish lists. I hope I had at least a few to go out to someone. lol.
Glad that you are ok and not too berried deep in seeds lol.
Take care
Toni

Carly -

You are entirely wonderful.

My mailbox is waiting!

Barb

I got mine today! Thank you so much, Carly! And thanks to everybody for all the wonderful things you all sent in! I definately got some goodies! I'm so glad I joined in!
Amanda 'romando'

I received mine also, and let me tell you it was worth the wait. Carly did a wonderful job matching up some wants of mine. I received soooooo many great things. Want to also thank you for adding in things for my daughter's zoo garden. I am so happy I was apart of this swap. It will be one I will look forward to every year. Thanks again Carly, fantastic job. Hope you have a wonderful Holiday Season~Heather

I also wanted to say a special thanks to the person who sent in 6 of my wants and took the time to check my list over on my exchange page.

Mine are here,too, and it is the greatest assortment! Thanks so much, you thoughtful people who sent me some things I've been hoping for. New foxgloves to grow! Shade specials for my woods! Special things that will make me smile all season long!

Carly, this is a super good one! Thanks sooo much for all your time and care.

Now off to Google...

Barb

OMG you are all so awesome I had two lovely people send me some seeds on my list and WOW they are fantastic seeds. I also wanted to say that out of the huge envie only 3 packs of seeds did I already have now how great is that? To have that kind of odds is unreal. You gardeners are the best people ever. Seriously you are all the kindest people on the web I tell ya. Never met more lovely people in all my days. I have been truly blessed in finding you all.
Thank you for the bottom of my heart heck from head to toe I thank you for making my garden to be a fantastic place to live I cant wait till spring . HURRY UP AND GET HERE SPRING!!!!!

Thank you very much
Toni

Whew- I am stll breathless-
My package arrived on Friday. I have spent all weekend with my package and still don't have it all gone through!
Amazing- Wonderful- Delightful- Supercalifragilisticexpealidosius!!! Are just a few of the discriptive words I can think of while thinking of how folks worked to full-fill wishes- and how Carley worked to see that folks got what they wanted- and how I feel while learning about all these new treasures! I have been setting several aside for dear friends who helped me to full-fill others wishes by donating some of their seed!
I know this was a lot of work- but Carley- please tell me you will do this again next year!! Please oh Please!!
Thanks to each of you for making such a great Round Robin!
Julie

Well, I am so glad that everyone is happy so far! I tried to give everyone a good mix! I am still working on this and i hope to have the rest of these out by tomorrow or wednesday. I just seem to keep getting busier and busier!! LOL! I will try and keep this updated on who I have sent out to!

Carly

Hi Everyone,

O.K. you guys are really making me excited!! I am soooooo looking forward to that package. In fact the excitement keeps building!!! Carly...you are doing wonderful, and just being part of this so far has been super fun(and I don't even have any seeds yet!:). What is going to happen when they arrive?

take care everyone...have a great Thanksgiving
michele

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

Julie I am amazed you are the only person I have ever seen spell this word lol Supercalifragilisticexpealidosius!!!
It says it all right there.

Carly is the best at the round robins and I am already wanting to put my name on the list for the next RR that I so hope you will host for us. If not then you will just have to force one of us..... LOLOLOLOLOL!!!! Not sure I can do that great of a job but I would try with your help lol...... SO dont make me....
Have a great set of holidays everyone I know one is out of the way phew on that one now on to the harder holiday.
Toni

Hello everyone, just wanted to post an update! Everyone's seeds are flying your way. Sorry for the delay in posting but I have been busy with thanksgiving and family. I hope everyone is happy with their seeds I tried to give everyone a good mix and meet as many wants as I could! Please post when you receive your package as I would love to hear what everyone thinks!! Thanks so much!!

Carly

Thanx for all your hard work Carly =)
I will be watching the mailbox!
Shannon aka Garden Witch

Wow! Christmas came early to my house today! I received my seeds. Thank you so much, Carly, for hosting this RR. I got some wonderful things that I was hoping for. I know this was a HUGE job to do especially with turkey day and I really appreciate all your hard work. And thank you to you folks who pulled together seeds particularly for me. I can't tell you how much appreciate it. GW folks are the greatest!!!

I got my today. Thank you Carly for all the hard work and time you spent putting this together.

And thank you garden_witch I was really wanted those seeds.

mkruby7

Hi Carly
I received my seeds today.... CHRISTMAS IN MY MAILBOX ;) Thank you so much for doing this swap, you did a fantastic job. I can't wait to start planting... I have so many things that I haven't even heard of. I am so excited.
thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you,.... thank you

this is my first swap.. I will definitely try this again

ellen

THANK YOU!!!!!!

I was googling some of the packets labeled with unfamiliar latin names, lo and behold, pitcher plant! I litterally teared up! A big huge hug and many thanx to the person who sent these!
Also thanx for the pple who sent...
~Aka shiso- I have been wanting this for a while, thanx!
~Red okra- must be a psychic trader =) I have been thinking about trying these!
~Hostas! Thanks for feeding my addiction!
~big packet of chocolate joe pye weed, thanx Raney! I do have this in my garden, and I have collected seeds, however I am just starting my online seed bank, and this is a great deposit!

And a big BIG thank you to Carly for hosting!

psst! You're welcome mk =)

My seeds arrived today. Thanks everyone. And thank you Carly for hosting this and all your hard work. Tony

Carly, just received my seeds and wanted to send a big thank you for hosting and running the show. And a thank you goes out to those who filled some of my want list.

And of course I love all the seeds and say thanks everyone!!!

m