Title: Remove Fake Seed Listings From Amazon and Protect Consumers From Online Garden Scams

Online marketplaces should be places where consumers can shop with confidence. Unfortunately, fraudulent plant seed listings continue to appear on major platforms, misleading buyers and taking advantage of people who simply want to grow something beautiful in their gardens.

One example currently being sold on Amazon is a product described as “Giant Purple Teddy Bear Sunflower Seeds.” The problem is simple: no such plant exists. Horticultural experts and gardeners widely recognise that this variety is fictional, and the images used to promote it appear to be digitally created rather than real plants.

Despite this, multiple sellers continue to offer these seeds for sale, and the listings sometimes appear as sponsored results. This means consumers are still being exposed to advertising for a product that cannot grow as described.

Many reviews on these listings now warn that the seeds are a scam. Particularly heartbreaking is a review left by a terminally ill woman who described how disappointed she was after buying the seeds in the hope of growing something special. Stories like this show that these listings are not harmless — they cause real distress and take money from people who trust the platform.

This issue is part of a wider pattern of misleading seed listings online, including “rainbow roses,” “black roses,” and other plants that cannot be grown from seed as advertised. When these products remain available despite being reported, it undermines consumer trust and allows misleading practices to continue.

We are asking Amazon to take responsible action by:

• Removing listings for plant varieties that do not exist and cannot be grown from seed

• Investigating sellers repeatedly posting misleading seed products

• Preventing sponsored promotion of clearly deceptive listings

• Improving moderation of fake or misleading product reviews

Consumers should not have to research plant biology just to avoid being scammed.

By signing this petition, you are asking Amazon to protect gardeners, hobbyists, and vulnerable consumers from misleading listings and to ensure that products sold on its platform are honestly described.

The terminally ill woman purchased what she believed to be Giant Purple Teddy Bear Sunflower Seeds from Amazon.co.uk, hoping to create a beautiful garden for a "last hurrah". Instead, she found herself heartbroken and scammed by listings of seeds that do not exist. Her touching review is now on the website, a testament to the emotional impact of such fraudulent listings.
Amazon has been notified, including their legal department, and while they acknowledged the presence of these "defects," they have yet to take action to remove the fake listings. 

Please sign and share to help bring attention to this issue and encourage Amazon to take action.