Amazon’s Fake Plants: The Shocking Rise of AI-Generated Seed Scams
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Show Notes
Dr. Russell Sharp exposes a growing problem of fake plant listings and AI-generated seed scams on Amazon and other marketplaces, showing how buyers are being misled by impossible varieties (like bright blue hostas) and foreign drop-shippers.
He explains how to protect yourself—check seller and nursery credentials, prefer reputable nurseries or local stores—and shares a real seed mix-up story to contrast honest mistakes with deliberate fakes.
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More reputable growers and seed sellers:
Burpee — W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
Ferry-Morse — Ferry-Morse Seed Co.
Botanical Interests — Botanical Interests, Inc.
Seed Needs — Seed Needs LLC
Outsidepride — Outsidepride, Inc.
Eden Brothers — Eden Brothers Seed Co.
Harris Seeds — Harris Seeds
Park Seed — Park Seed Co.
Renee’s Garden — Renee’s Garden Seed Co.
Seeds of Change — Seeds of Change, Inc.
High Mowing Organic Seeds — High Mowing Seed Co.
Sow Right Seeds — Sow Right Seeds
HOME GROWN — Homegrown Garden
Open Seed Vault — Open Seed Vault
Survival Garden Seeds — Survival Garden Seeds
Mountain Valley Seed Company — Mountain Valley Seed Company
David’s Garden Seeds — David’s Garden Seeds
Everwilde Farms — Everwilde Farms, Inc.
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange — Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds — Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
Territorial Seed Company — Territorial Seed Company
Johnny’s Selected Seeds — Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Livingston Seed — Livingston Seed Company
Lake Valley Seed — Lake Valley Seed Company
Seed Savers Exchange — Seed Savers Exchange
Annie’s Heirloom Seeds — Annie’s Heirloom Seeds
Indigo Instruments (Sprout People) — The Sprout People
Handy Pantry — Handy Pantry
True Leaf Market — True Leaf Market
NatureZ Edge — NatureZ Edge
Islas Garden Seeds — Islas Garden Seeds
Organo Republic — Organo Republic
Sereniseed — Sereniseed
CZ Grain — CZ Grain
Gardeners Basics — Gardeners Basics
The Dirty Gardener — The Dirty Gardener
Marde Ross & Company — Marde Ross & Company
Food to Live — Food to Live
NOW Foods — NOW Health Group, Inc.
Frontier Co-op — Frontier Cooperative
Starwest Botanicals — Starwest Botanicals, Inc.
Nature Jims Sprouts — Nature Jim’s Sprouts
Sproutman — Sproutman Publications
Back to the Roots — Back to the Roots, Inc.
Tumbleweed Plant Co. — Tumbleweed Plant Co.
Costa Farms — Costa Farms, LLC
Proven Winners — Proven Winners North America, LLC
Altman Plants — Altman Plants
LiveTrends — LiveTrends Design Group
Shop Succulents — Shop Succulents
Succulent Studios — Succulent Studios
The Sill — The Sill, Inc.
Hirt’s Gardens — Hirt’s Gardens
American Plant Exchange — American Plant Exchange
Plants for Pets — Plants for Pets
Brighter Blooms — Brighter Blooms Nursery
Perfect Plants — Perfect Plants Nursery
Nature Hills Nursery — Nature Hills Nursery, Inc.
Bloomify — Bloomify
House Plant Shop — House Plant Shop
JM Bamboo — JM Bamboo
Florida Foliage — Florida Foliage
Green Promise Farms — Green Promise Farms
Rooted (Rooted Plants) — Rooted
Easy to Grow — Easy to Grow Bulbs
Van Zyverden — Van Zyverden, Inc.
Holland Bulb Farms — Holland Bulb Farms
Breck’s — Breck’s
Colorblends — Colorblends Wholesale Flowerbulbs
Eden Brothers Bulbs — Eden Brothers
Gurney’s — Gurney’s Seed & Nursery Co.
Stark Bro’s — Stark Bro’s Nurseries & Orchards Co.
Spring Hill Nurseries — Spring Hill Nurseries
Wayside Gardens — Wayside Gardens
White Flower Farm — White Flower Farm
Monrovia — Monrovia Nursery Company
Logee’s — Logee’s Plants for Home & Garden
Wellspring Gardens — Wellspring Gardens
Brighter Gardens — Brighter Gardens
Blue Ribbon Plants — Blue Ribbon Plants
Green Escape — Green Escape
Golden Gate Palms — Golden Gate Palms
FastGrowingTrees.com — Fast Growing Trees, LLC
Brussel’s Bonsai — Brussel’s Bonsai Nursery
Eastern Leaf — Eastern Leaf, Inc.
Seedville USA — Seedville USA
Seeds2Go — Seeds2Go
Nature’s Blossom — Nature’s Blossom
Garden Republic — Garden Republic
The Old Farmer’s Almanac Seed — Old Farmer’s Almanac
Purely Organic Products — Purely Organic Products
Nature’s Way Seeds — Nature’s Way Seeds
The Clayton Farm — The Clayton Farm
Ferry-Morse Home Gardening — Ferry-Morse Seed Co.
Bonnie Plants — Bonnie Plants, LLC
D. Hill Nursery — D. Hill Nursery
Greenhouse PCA — Greenhouse PCA
California Tropicals — California Tropicals
Humble Roots — Humble Roots
Green 4 Ever — Green 4 Ever