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Bedding Plants

Pass

Bedding Plants scores 68 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend $164K a year here, search demand grew +33.7% this quarter, and returns run at 0.1% of orders.

Flapen Score
68
68 / 100
Top 5% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +17 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£164K/yr511K searches / yr
90-day growth
+33.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
14%top-5 click share · 34 brands · 49 sellers

Flapen Score

Bedding Plants against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Bedding Plants is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

68Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Bedding Plants market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Bedding Plants 511K times last year and spent an estimated £164K. The top 5 brands take 56% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May–Jun. Flapen scores it 68 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

2.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 511K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +33.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £164K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
511K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+33.7%
Conversion, latest week
2.6%
Market size, estimated
£164Ka year
Peak month
May226.0× the quietest month
Top search term
bedding plants79K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.16.

Listings sell for £12.16 on average, from £2.50 to £31.80. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £12.16 that is £0 to £1K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.16under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.50–£31.80
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£1K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 20% ship with Prime. On an average day, 21.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #371 within Plants, Seeds & Bulbs. It carries 504 reviews at 4.04 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
80%
Prime listings
20%
Out of stock, average day
21.9%
Average rank
#371in Plants, Seeds & Bulbs
Average rating
4.04 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
504per listing
Listings tracked
147

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 20 launches as successful.

20 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
20
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Bedding Plants products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 14% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£3K£7K£10K£13K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

34 rising

Sellers

49

Top-5 brand share

56%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

14%

Top 20: 38%

Open market

38%

  • GardenersDream18%
  • YouGarden15%
  • Thompson & Morgan9%
  • Carbeth Plants8%
  • GrowOn Shrubs6%
  • schone6%

Demand

Bedding Plants search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

25K15KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 226.0×

Search terms

Top Bedding Plants search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • bedding plants79K/yr
  • bedding plants garden ready38K/yr
  • plug plants51K/yr
  • shrubs outdoor garden ready hardy37K/yr
  • evergreen shrubs34K/yr
  • garden flowers29K/yr
  • flowers for garden18K/yr
  • shrubs30K/yr
  • evergreen plants outdoor31K/yr
  • plug plants for planting now uk24K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Bedding Plants

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Plant Growth29%+3.30

None grew

Nothing grew

Didnt germinate

Size-Overall28%−0.36

a lot bigger

It's small

Disappointed with the size

Value For Money9%+0.24

Yes expensive

OVERPRICED

Over pricec

Quality-Overall6%+0.63

Im really disappointed with the quality of these Crocosmia bulbs

Bad quality

Not the best quality i was expecting

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%−0.07

Very Misleading

Not as shown

Not as advertised

Love

Plant Growth52%+3.30

Easy to grow

Healthy Plants

Well established plants

Quality-Overall13%+0.63

Amazing quality

Great quality plants

Excellent quality bedding plants

Value For Money12%+0.24

Great value

Good for the price

Excellent Value

Color5%+0.18

bright colours

beautiful colours

Amazing colour

Size-Overall3%−0.36

Excellent size

are of a reasonable size

Great size small

Return

0.1% Return rate 29% Fixable by listing

Plant Growth36%█▃▅▅▇▇

None grew

Nothing grew

Didnt germinate

Size-Overall12%▁▄█▆▄▄

a lot bigger

It's small

Disappointed with the size

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%▁▄▇▅█▆

Very Misleading

Not as shown

Not as advertised

Moist/Dry8%▁█▃▆▄▆

drying out completely

some were bone dry

A bit dry

Quality-Overall7%█▄▃▂▂▂

Im really disappointed with the quality of these Crocosmia bulbs

Bad quality

Not the best quality i was expecting

FAQ

Common Bedding Plants questions

Answered from the same tracked data.