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Secret Santa Seed Swap 2025 Sign Ups & Wishlists

Hi everyone ! I am posting early again this year to give everyone plenty of time to post wishlists and get cards and seeds ready.

Please use this post to sign up by posting your wishlist. ( I will post another Secret Santa thread for thanking everyone in December) If you belong to any garden groups please invite them to sign up, the more the merrier !

DEADLINES:

Sign up by Nov 30

I'll send the address list by Dec 1

Please send your cards out to whoever you want on the list any time after getting the address list.

Guidelines:

1. Please be patient, I work full time Monday - Friday but I will respond to any questions as soon as possible.

2. Sign up by posting your wishlist. Keep it as generic ( for example, red slicing tomatoes, any zinnias, etc... ) or specific (Cherokee Purple tomatoes) as you'd like. Asking for specific varieties may mean you get exactly what you want, but more general requests may be easier for everyone to fulfill.

After posting your wishlist, send me an email ( popandiris @ gmail.com ) with the following information:

Name

Address

City, State Zip Code

Screen Name

3. Once everyone signs up, I'll send out the master list of addresses on Dec 1. Check your address if it's correct. Please email me as soon as possible if its not of if you are not on the list and should be.

4. Mail out your cards anytime after receiving the address list.

5. Please be sure to use the Thank you thread to say thank you for the seeds and cards you receive.


If you do not need seeds but would like to be a secret elf and send seeds out please email me and let me know and I will send you the address list.


Enjoy the swap and i hope everyone has a safe, healthy and very Merry Christmas !

Comments (32)

  • last month

    Wishing from California.


    1. coleus

    2. love in a mist

    3. cosmos

    4. flower seeds from your garden

    5. unused stamps, really helps when I send out seed mail.

    6. Merry Christmas surprise


    Thank you Iris for doing this. If you need help with the list, let me know. Take care!!

  • last month

    Wishing from NJ.

    1. New stamps
    2. Odd basil
    3. Tomatoes
    4. Sweet peppers
    5. Coleus (short ones)
    6. Surprise me!

    Thanks for doing this again Iris! It was a blast last year! Merry Christmas!

  • last month

    Wish list from Oklahoma


    1.Bell peppers / Sweet peppers

    2. Tomatoes

    3. Onions

    4. Guards (for purple martin birds)

    5. Surprises! love the surprises!


    Had lots of fun last year and cant wait to do it again this year!

  • last month
    last modified: last month

    Wishing from NY

    1. Bill Yoder tomatoes

    2. Rebel Starfighter tomatoes

    3. Tom Wagner tomatoes

    4. Your favorite tomatoes

    5. Any sweet, hot, or superhot peppers

    6. Any pole or bush bean

    7. Asian Greens/Chinese Cabbage

    8. Lettuce

    9. Your favorite herbs

    10. Your favorite flower

    11. Corn

    12. Summer or Winter Squash

    13. Onions/Leeks/Shallots

    14. Surprise me with anything!

    Thanks, I love doing this every year!

  • last month

    Hello Everyone!


    Time flies and here we are. Thank you to everyone who participated and shared their seeds with me. I was able to grow a bunch this summer. Super excited for - summer 2026.


    Wishing from IL


    1. Plumeria

    2. Jasmine

    3, Gardenia

    4. Holy Basil varieties

    5. Ashwagandha

    6. Bay leaf seeds

    7. Moringa

    8. Neem

    9. Nettle leaf

    10. Any perennial hibiscus for zone 5B (not Rose of Sharon)

    11. Milk Thistle

    12. Red clover

    13. Leafy greens

    14. Any surprise seeds

    15. Nigella Sativa


    Thank you for sharing.

    Sen (jq_sen39)

  • last month

    Hello again. Always excited about this swap! I like to get heirloom varieties so I can collect seeds. Here's my wish list:


    Lemon cucumbers

    Lemon basil

    Green onions

    Any other onion seeds or sets

    Round zucchini

    Long zucchini

    Small watermelon

    Cantalope

    Your favorite melon

    Bush beans

    Cherry tomatos (red or gold)

    Large slicing tomatos

    Your favorite tender lettuce

    Cilantro


    Thanks for participating

    apoppyfield1


  • 27 days ago

    Hello, thank you all for the wonderful seeds shared last year. I hope you had a wonderful garden this summer. Looking forward to next year!


    Wishing from Oklahoma (zone 7):


    1. Milkweed: swamp, purple, or others


    2. Wine cup (Callirhoe involucrata)


    3. Purple flowers


    4. Your favorite slicing cucumber


    5. Your favorite melon


    6. Hellebore or other shade plants


    7. Native plants


    Merry Christmas! Sara in OK

  • 27 days ago
    last modified: 27 days ago

    Thank you for hosting Iris!

    Wish list:

    1. Tomatoes (including dwarves and heirlooms)

    2. Basil varieties

    3. Big sweet peppers

    4. Herbs

    5. Zinnias

    6. Non-orange marigolds

    7. Bean varieties (fresh eating, not dried)

    8. Zucchini

    9. Lettuce/Greens

    10. Your favorite veggies or flowers

    I'm always open to surprises! Happy Holidays!

    Mandy

  • 27 days ago

    Hi everyone ! so nice to see so many familiar names signing up ! I cannot believe we are in the 2nd week of Nov already. For me the year has flown by ! I am looking forward to the 4 day Thanksgiving weekend already, I will use one of those days to sit down and organize my seeds I have so they will be ready to put in cards in December. I already see several things I can share based on the wish lists.


    Feel free to edit your wishlists if you think of something else, the more things you have listed the better chance everyone will be able to share something with you :-)

  • 26 days ago
    last modified: 22 days ago

    Wishing from Florida (zone 10a/10b)

    #1 Thoughts and prayers for Bella (our 16 yr old cat) who is very sick (kidney, etc.--not a good outlook).


    Blanket flowers

    Coreopsis

    Spotted Beebalm

    Tickseed

    Goldenaster

    Florida Greeneyes



  • 25 days ago

    Wishing from Oklahoma zone 7

    •Any herbs or flower seeds that are perennial
    •red or sauce tomatoes that aren’t Amish paste (I love speckled Roman, but they are organic seed from Johnny’s and have been wimpy in our heat)
    •Chamomile (for tea)
    •other easy to grow tea garden plants (I have agastache and mint already)
    •surprise me with any edible/vegetable seeds!
    •send someone else your pepper & squash seeds 😇

    I have a ton of seeds & really excited to share them! Merry Christmas, y’all!
    Lanna

    iris ( Zone 7 Southern Maryland ) thanked Lanna Mullens
  • 21 days ago

    Wishing from Virginia zone 8b


    Nicotania

    Pincushion flower

    Salvia

    Snapdragon

    Purple Coneflower

    Dianthus (Sweet William)

    Petunia

    Johnny Jump Up (Viola)

    Penstemon

    Obedient Plant

    Columbine

    Agastache

    Liatris

    Your favorite flower

    Peppers, hot and Sweet

    Herbs


    Thank you

    Linda

  • 14 days ago

    Wishing from Southern California zone 10A

    Coneflower
    Zinnia
    Sweet and spicy peppers
    Livingston tomatoes
    Appalachian Heirloom tomatoes
    Herbs
    Hard to find basil varieties
    Asian vegetables
    Coleus
    Medicinal herbs
    Root vegetables

    Thank you all who shared seeds with me last year. It was so much fun getting all those cards. Thank you Iris for organizing this.

  • 11 days ago

    Wishing from Zone 5, Pennsylvania

    Begonia

    Bergenia

    Camellia

    Cucumber: types resistant to wilt such as ‘County Fair’

    Dahlia: especially collarette and crested types

    Delphinium

    Helianthus (sunflower): dark and double types

    Impatiens: species types such as namchabarwensis

    Ipomoea (morning glory): Japanese types

    Jaltomata

    Magnolia

    Mentha (mint): “flavored” types such as banana mint and chocolate mint

    Pepper: ornamental types such as 'Royal Black'

    Petunia: bicolored or double types

    Primula (primrose)

    Rose

    Rudbeckia (black-eyed Susan): double types with unusual colors

    Sinningia (gloxinia)

    Streptocarpus (African violet and cape primrose)

    Tagetes (marigold): wheel types such as 'Daisy Wheel,' 'Spinning Wheels'

    Tropaeolum (nasturtium): double types

    Viola (pansy): ruffled types

    Winter squash: types with green flesh such as 'Ayote'

    Seeds of tropical plants or gesneriads for growing under lights

  • 10 days ago
    last modified: 6 days ago

    I was amazed and happy to find this swap is still going--I used to participate many years ago and I've missed it. Nice to see familiar names again! Thank you Iris for organizing!!

    wishes from zone 7a (old 6b):

    any named poppies

    any stokesia

    white Jupiter’s beard (Centranthus)

    yellow Mexican sunflower (Tithonia)

    yellow or unusual colored Baptisia

    lychnis vesuvius

    your favorite heavy-bearing slicing tomato

    dwarf tomatoes

    kale

    broccoli raab

    asian greens, tatsoi, bok choi, etc.

    hakurei or tokyo (Japanese white) turnips

    surprises always welcomed!

    Happy Thanksgiving and holidays everyone,

    Betsy

  • 8 days ago

    Tomatoes, any and all
    Peppers
    Cosmos
    Zinnia
    Basils
    Mints
    Anything drought tolerant
    Anything medicinal
    Anything that can grow well in containers


    Happy holidays!

  • 8 days ago

    I left Florida and finally back in VA. Thrilled to see this swap still going, much gratitude for those who've participated and hosted!!


    Amaranthus

    -Love lies Bleeding

    -Dreadlocks

    -Hopi red dye

    -Elephants Head


    Calendula

    Celosia

    Pink Dandilion


    Zinnias

    -Meteor

    -Zinderella white

    -Purple Prince

    -Peppermint stick

    -Bon Bon mix

    -Candy Cane

    -Pop art

    -Cupcakes


    Liatris - white


    Mentha arvensis - corn plant


    Cardinal Flower


    Creeping phlox- white


    Asters



    any White, red, purple flowering plants

  • 8 days ago

    hi again everyone ! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving ! I have received addresses from everyone except bluee and Lanna. Please send your mailing address asap !


    I hope everyone has had a chance to look at wish lists and get started on your cards :-) I will be sending the mailing list out Dec 1

  • 7 days ago
    last modified: 7 days ago

    Iris ~ my email must have gotten lost. i had sent it the day i posted my wishlist

    ill send it now

  • 7 days ago

    I suppose I should post a wish list :-) here goes:


    1. any cucumber

    2. any Zinnia

    3. any Black eyed susan

    4. thyme

    5. any salvia

    6. any vinca

    7. any of your favorite perennial

    8. any coleus

    9. anything for my bees and butterflies !

    10. lemongrass

    11. bok choy

  • 6 days ago
    last modified: 6 days ago

    For some reason I can't edit my post above to add to my little list.

    Florida Zone 10a/10b


    Holy Basil -- a surprise for my mom.

  • 5 days ago

    i am unable to edit my post also. but i would like to add any herbs and spices. want to dabble into some apothecary. so any of those that i need would be great

    thank you

  • 4 days ago

    hi everyone ! my apologies, I'm feeling a bit under the weather this evening so I won't be sending the mailing list tonight, I will work on getting it to you all tomorrow. Thank you for your understanding.

  • 4 days ago

    Hope you feel better, I am home sick too! No hurry, we appreciate you doing this!

  • 3 days ago

    Iris ~ thank you for the list and my information is correct.

  • 3 days ago

    I'm #12 , looks like I forgot to includ e my screen name.

  • yesterday

    Iris, got the list. Thanks. My address is correct.

  • 9 hours ago

    I got the list and my address is correct.

  • 8 hours ago

    Received the list, my address is correct

  • 7 hours ago

    I believe that you email her only if address is incorrect. If everything is ok, then you don’t need to respond. fyi

  • 6 hours ago

    Ann, received a lovely card today and a great selection of seeds! Your generosity is overwhelming! Thank you so much! Heidi (Wife2denizmoi)