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Rhubarb Plants

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But shoppers spend only $24K a year here, so Rhubarb Plants is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 26% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +6 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£24K/yr33K searches / yr
90-day growth
+19.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
47%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 8 sellers

Flapen Score

Rhubarb Plants against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Rhubarb Plants market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Rhubarb Plants 33K times last year and spent an estimated £24K. The top 5 brands take 90% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 33K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +19.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £24K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
33K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+19.9%
Conversion, latest week
5.8%
Market size, estimated
£24Ka year
Peak month
April11.6× the quietest month
Top search term
rhubarb plants14K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.54.

Listings sell for £12.54 on average, from £3.25 to £28.46. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £12.54 that is £0 to £1K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.54under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.25–£28.46
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–3K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£1K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 21% ship with Prime. On an average day, 28.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #286 within Plants, Seeds & Bulbs. It carries 93 reviews at 3.96 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
21%
Out of stock, average day
28.0%
Average rank
#286in Plants, Seeds & Bulbs
Average rating
3.96 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
93per listing
Listings tracked
24

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 60 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
60 months

Products

Top Rhubarb 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 47% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£1K£2K£4K£5K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

8

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

6%

  • Carbeth Plants68%
  • schone7%
  • Gardeners Kitchen6%
  • Simply Garden5%
  • marshalls garden5%
  • GardenersDream4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 6%)

Demand

Rhubarb Plants search demand

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

2K1KSpike '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 11.6×

Search terms

Top Rhubarb Plants search terms shoppers use

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

  • rhubarb plants14K/yr
  • rhubarb plants ready to plant uk14K/yr
  • rhubarb plant5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Rhubarb Plants

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

Complain

Size-Overall36%−0.63

Bit disappointed re the size

Very small

Very small corms

Plant Growth29%+4.63

No Growth

signs of very limited growth though

These crowns: one didn't grow at all

Value For Money10%+0.03

Way over priced and quite disappointed

Bit expensive

Expensive for what we got

Quality-Overall9%+0.13

Not the best

Poor quality plant

poor quality

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting4%−0.11

Also no instructions

NO instructions plant health very poor, very shabby

No instructions and worst of all they were not firm

Love

Plant Growth72%+4.63

Good healthy plants

growing well now

Growing beautifully

Quality-Overall10%+0.13

Good quality seeds

Good quality

Good quality plants

Value For Money8%+0.03

Excellent value for money

Good value

Well worth every penny spent

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%−0.09

this is what arrived

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting1%−0.11

did everything it said on the instructions

Return

0.0% Return rate 7% Fixable by listing

Moist/Dry29%▁▁█▄▄▁

Arrived completely dried out

Very small dehydrated crown

old, shrivelled and extremely dry so not expecting anything from that either

Plant Growth17%▁▁▂▃▅█

No Growth

signs of very limited growth though

These crowns: one didn't grow at all

Value For Money12%▁▁█▆▁▁

Way over priced and quite disappointed

Bit expensive

Expensive for what we got

Quality-Overall10%▁▁▂▃▁█

Not the best

Poor quality plant

poor quality

Size-Overall7%▁█▁▁▂▁

Bit disappointed re the size

Very small

Very small corms

FAQ

Common Rhubarb Plants questions

Answered from the same tracked data.