Florida leads the Nation in sales of potted foliage for
indoor use and foliage hanging baskets with sales of $459.7
million during 2002, up five percent or $20 million from the
$439.7 million sold in 2001. Potted foliage sales accounted for
$422.5 million of the 2002 total while the sales of foliage
hanging baskets totaled $37.2 million. During 2001 potted
foliage sales totaled a little over $409.5 million while sales of
hanging baskets totaled $30.2 million. Florida's 397 commercial foliage growers used over 193.7 million square feet to
produce foliage during 2002, up one percent from the comparable 2001 area of 191.0 million square feet. The 99 firms whose
sales of foliage totaled a million dollars or more in 2002
accounted for 75 percent of all sales or $346.3 million. During
2001, 99 growers with foliage sales of a million or more
accounted for almost 73 percent of all foliage sales. Producers
in the million dollar sales or more category used 131.5 million
square feet of produce potted foliage during 2002 compared
with 124.5 million square feet the previous year.
Foliage gross sales in the southeast, which includes the
counties of Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach, totaled $260.1
million during 2002 which represents about 57 percent of all
2002 foliage sales. Southeastern growers used 145.4 million
square feet to produce the 2002 potted foliage crop, down
slightly from the previous year. The Apopka area, which
includes the counties of Lake, Orange, and Seminole, sold
foliage worth$166.0 million during 2002 which is 36 percent of all 2002
foliage sales. Apopka producers used almost 31.0 million square
feet, up thirteen percent from the previous year.
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TOPICS IN THIS REPORT for Firms with . . . |
Number of firms | Value of Sales | ||
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| 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | |
| Million dollars | ||||
| $10,000 or more sales 1/ | 1,067 | 991 | 839.8 | 877.0 |
| $100,000 or more sales 2/ | 656 | 647 | 818.7 | 860.1 |
| Foliage Plants | 408 | 397 | 439.7 | 459.7 |
| Cut Cultivated Greens | 124 | 131 | 87.8 | 86.3 |
| Potted Flowering Plants | 121 | 110 | 88.4 | 95.7 |
| Bedding Plants 3/ | 139 | 119 | 106.3 | 120.7 |
| Cut Flowers | 15 | 16 | 23.6 | 24.7 |
| Propagative Materials | NA | NA | 72.8 | 73.0 |
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1/ Estimates by product not available. Sales for growers below $100,000
estimated by multiplying the number of firms in each sales category by the mid-point of each dollar value range. 2/ Product sales may not add to total due to rounding. 3/ Includes Annual Bedding Plants and Herbaceous Perennials. NA - Not available. |
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FOLIAGE PLANTS: Number of commercial producers with $100,000 plus sales of all floriculture products, square feet in production, and value of sales, by area and size group, 2001 and 2002, FLORIDA
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| Number of firms | Square feet in production 1/ | Value of sales 2/ | ||||||||
| Covered area | Open area | Total area | ||||||||
| 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | |
| Area | Number | 1,000 square feet | 1,000 dollars | |||||||
| Apopka 3/ | 187 | 189 | 27,374 | 29,265 | 120 | 1,708 | 27,494 | 30,973 | 137,841 | 166,033 |
| Southeast 4/ | 166 | 157 | 90,234 | 90,358 | 55,702 | 55,040 | 145,936 | 145,398 | 253,674 | 260,068 |
| Other | 55 | 51 | 15,463 | 13,774 | 2,155 | 3,601 | 17,618 | 17,375 | 30,170 | 33,592 |
| All Areas | 408 | 397 | 133,071 | 133,397 | 57,977 | 60,349 | 191,048 | 193,746 | 439,698 | 459,693 |
| Sales Categories | ||||||||||
| $1-$99,999 5/ | 21 | 18 | 256 | 345 | 1 | 54 | 257 | 399 | 744 | 587 |
| $100,000-$249,999 | 116 | 111 | 10,480 | 8,391 | 3,991 | 4,542 | 14,471 | 12,933 | 21,514 | 19,863 |
| $250,000-$499,999 | 97 | 95 | 14,466 | 12,947 | 5,115 | 4,075 | 19,581 | 17,022 | 39,869 | 36,756 |
| $500,000-$999,999 | 75 | 74 | 21,346 | 20,961 | 10,911 | 10,923 | 32,257 | 31,884 | 57,273 | 56,162 |
| $1,000,000-& over | 99 | 99 | 86,523 | 90,753 | 37,959 | 40,755 | 124,482 | 131,508 | 320,298 | 346,325 |
| All sales categories | 408 | 397 | 133,071 | 133,397 | 57,977 | 60,349 | 191,048 | 193,746 | 439,698 | 459,693 |
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1/ Square footage utilized for producing both hanging baskets and potted foliage was counted only once. However, for those firms having some area exclusively
for hanging baskets, the questionnaire design did not have sufficient detail to pick up this portion of the hanging basket area. 2/ Equivalent gross wholesale value of all sales. May not compare with previous years values which were value less the cost of propagative material. 3/ Includes Lake, Orange, and Seminole counties. 4/ Includes Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach counties. 5/ This group includes firms that had over $100,000 in value of total sales from all nursery products included in the survey but had sales of less than $100,000 for foliage plants. |
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Wholesale value of all products, foliage, and cut flowers, 2001 and 2002 in selected States 1/ |
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State (Rank) 2/ |
All Products |
Foliage Plants |
All Cut Flowers |
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| All Foliage | Potted Foliage | Hanging Baskets | ||||||||
| 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | |
| 1,000 dollars | ||||||||||
| FLORIDA (2) | 818,702 | 860,148 | 439,698 | 459,693 | 409,537 | 422,495 | 30,161 | 37,198 | 23,611 | 24,679 |
| California (1) | 985,795 | 948,629 | 96,613 | 90,412 | 80,387 | 76,492 | 16,226 | 13,920 | 286,755 | 278,581 |
| Michigan (3) | 263,158 | 298,588 | 3,531 | 3,644 | 2,016 | 2,061 | 1,515 | 1,583 | 8,119 | 8,298 |
| Texas (4) | 246,764 | 267,184 | 16,637 | 18,032 | 11,276 | 11,381 | 5,361 | 6,651 | 692 | 3/ |
| Ohio (5) | 176,005 | 170,842 | 6,292 | 6,248 | 4,005 | 3,546 | 2,287 | 2,702 | 2,894 | 3/ |
| New York (6) | 150,499 | 167,424 | 2,466 | 3,778 | 1,389 | 2,755 | 1,077 | 1,023 | 4,506 | 5,676 |
| Pennsylvania (7) | 158,920 | 156,134 | 3,394 | 4,242 | 2,213 | 2,568 | 1,181 | 1,674 | 4,587 | 3,773 |
| North Carolina (8) | 152,514 | 153,374 | 8,673 | 6,353 | 2,147 | 2,165 | 6,526 | 4,188 | 2,994 | 3,042 |
| New Jersey (9) | 129,384 | 137,934 | 5,552 | 5,754 | 4,601 | 4,952 | 951 | 802 | 8,533 | 8,155 |
| Washington (10) | 92,474 | 98,908 | 1,776 | 1,481 | 1,210 | 1,089 | 566 | 392 | 18,857 | 17,619 |
| Illinois (11) | 108,938 | 97,624 | 3,114 | 2,220 | 1,618 | 1,192 | 1,496 | 1,028 | 1,127 | 879 |
| South Carolina (12) | 76,789 | 92,401 | 1,122 | 1,417 | 478 | 3/ | 644 | 878 | 3/ | 3/ |
| Oregon (13) | 80,041 | 82,638 | 1,297 | 2,031 | 3/ | 3/ | 574 | 687 | 10,698 | 10,127 |
| Connecticut (14) | 72,300 | 75,533 | 1,356 | 1,728 | 648 | 1,423 | 708 | 305 | 990 | 913 |
| Virginia (15) | 71,997 | 73,453 | 926 | 1,316 | 313 | 730 | 613 | 586 | 3/ | 3/ |
| Hawaii (22) | 58,008 | 61,187 | 18,381 | 14,250 | 18,262 | 14,089 | 119 | 161 | 15,206 | 17,648 |
| 36 States | 4,496,225 | 4,622,197 | 650,590 | 663,052 | 568,668 | 576,241 | 81,922 | 86,811 | 418,103 | 410,015 |
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Wholesale value of bedding plants and potted flowering plants, 2001 and 2002 in selected States 1/ |
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State (Rank) 2/ |
Bedding/Garden Plants | Flowering Potted Plants | ||||||||
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Annual Bedding/ Garden Plants |
Herbaceous Perennial |
Flowering Hanging Baskets 4/ |
All Flowering Potted Plants |
Poinsettias | ||||||
| 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | |
| 1,000 dollars | ||||||||||
| FLORIDA (2) | 91,386 | 101,363 | 14,917 | 19,353 | 7,170 | 6,534 | 88,448 | 95,663 | 13,925 | 11,675 |
| California (1) | 254,102 | 251,006 | 49,006 | 50,377 | 7,795 | 9,979 | 213,163 | 197,940 | 40,933 | 38,077 |
| Michigan (3) | 143,330 | 153,692 | 44,886 | 56,935 | 19,361 | 23,872 | 29,447 | 30,660 | 13,605 | 13,181 |
| Texas (4) | 154,901 | 164,467 | 23,985 | 32,594 | 16,603 | 14,837 | 37,712 | 36,301 | 13,713 | 14,612 |
| Ohio (5) | 104,254 | 98,297 | 31,483 | 36,313 | 18,147 | 20,928 | 26,112 | 24,367 | 14,354 | 13,304 |
| New York (6) | 72,027 | 81,505 | 25,340 | 22,554 | 10,583 | 12,862 | 40,167 | 47,114 | 12,638 | 12,599 |
| Pennsylvania (7) | 61,113 | 59,715 | 16,133 | 15,968 | 12,970 | 12,649 | 42,571 | 42,901 | 15,093 | 14,592 |
| North Carolina (8) | 78,044 | 73,804 | 23,709 | 23,708 | 16,677 | 14,759 | 36,273 | 43,665 | 16,247 | 17,553 |
| New Jersey (9) | 51,094 | 52,419 | 23,896 | 27,965 | 9,916 | 9,782 | 28,789 | 30,826 | 9,938 | 9,600 |
| Washington (10) | 52,910 | 43,442 | 5,172 | 16,017 | 5,457 | 5,585 | 8,596 | 8,614 | 5,711 | 5,466 |
| Illinois (11) | 56,250 | 47,161 | 19,249 | 23,115 | 6,217 | 9,009 | 26,421 | 20,638 | 9,815 | 9,625 |
| South Carolina (12) | 14,254 | 13,668 | 53,399 | 65,776 | 1,863 | 2,112 | 8,014 | 11,540 | 2,929 | 2,910 |
| Oregon (13) | 25,787 | 27,070 | 9,688 | 10,797 | 3,765 | 3,194 | 28,409 | 19,547 | 3,080 | 2,418 |
| Connecticut (14) | 30,466 | 30,465 | 26,486 | 30,537 | 4,038 | 4,643 | 11,954 | 11,461 | 5,544 | 5,685 |
| Virginia (15) | 31,083 | 33,097 | 16,259 | 17,864 | 5,168 | 4,549 | 23,729 | 21,176 | 6,357 | 5,955 |
| Hawaii (22) | 2,472 | 3,258 | 54 | 3/ | 3/ | 3/ | 18,869 | 21,767 | 945 | 1,183 |
| 36 States | 1,680,770 | 1,712,768 | 495,732 | 570,926 | 217,225 | 225,898 | 824,750 | 822,434 | 255,323 | 247,316 |
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1/ Equivalent wholesale value of all sales for all crops. 2/ State rank based on sales of all floriculture products. 3/ Missing data were included in 36 States to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 4/ Includes begonia, geranium (cuttings), geranium (seed), impatiens, New Guinea impatiens, petunias, and other hanging baskets. |
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POTTED FLOWERING PLANTS: Number of commercial firms, number of pots, and value of sales at wholesale, 2001 and 2002, FLORIDA |
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| Crop |
Number of producers |
Number of pots less than 5 inches |
Number of pots 5 inches or more |
Total quantity sold |
Value of sales at wholesale 1/ |
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| 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | |
| Number | 1,000 pots | 1,000 dollars | ||||||||
| Poinsettias | 41 | 39 | 1,680 | 1,040 | 3,051 | 2,722 | 4,731 | 3,762 | 13,925 | 11,675 |
| Orchids | 49 | 41 | 1,000 | 1,899 | 2,203 | 2,052 | 3,203 | 3,951 | 26,760 | 32,614 |
| Potted Florist mums | 14 | 15 | 233 | 406 | 1,644 | 1,917 | 1,877 | 2,323 | 5,029 | 6,713 |
| Azaleas | 7 | 9 | 2/ | 2/ | 1,127 | 2,228 | 1,127 | 2,228 | 5,849 | 6,372 |
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1/ Equivalent wholesale value of retail and wholesale sales. 2/ Pot sizes have been combined to avoid disclosure of individual operations. |
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CUT FLOWERS: Number of commercial firms, and wholesale price and value, 2001 and 2002, FLORIDA |
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| Crop |
Number of producers |
Quantity sold |
Wholesale price |
Value of sales at wholesale |
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| 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | |
| Number | - - -1,000 spikes- - - | - - - Cents per spike- - - | 1,000 dollars | |||||
| Gladioli | 4 | 4 | 40,331 | 49,581 | 29.7 | 25.6 | 11,978 | 12,693 |
| Snapdragons | 5 | 1/ | 6,806 | 1/ | 26.1 | 1/ | 1,776 | 1/ |
| - - - 1,000 stems - - - | - - - Cents per stem - - - | |||||||
| Lillies | 4 | 3 | 3,031 | 2,257 | 55.3 | 66.6 | 1,676 | 1,503 |
| 1/ No data available for 2002. | ||||||||
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BEDDING/GARDEN PLANTS AND BASKETS: Number of commercial firms, number of pots, baskets, and flats sold, and value of sales at wholesale, 2001 and 2002, FLORIDA 1/ |
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| Crops |
Number of producers |
Number of pots less than 5 inches |
Number of pots 5 inches or more |
Wholesale price less than 5 inches |
Wholesale price 5 inches or more |
Value of sales at wholesale 2/ |
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| 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | |
| POTS | Number | 1,000 pots | Dollars | 1,000 dollars | ||||||||
| Impatiens, I. wallerana | 60 | 54 | 14,265 | 11,055 | 1,580 | 1,570 | 0.60 | 0.63 | 1.35 | 1.20 | 10,692 | 8,849 |
| Vegetables 3/ | 26 | 18 | 1,970 | 2,120 | 700 | 915 | 0.90 | 0.75 | 1.85 | 1.65 | 3,068 | 3,100 |
| Hardy garden Mums | 25 | 26 | 225 | 144 | 1,450 | 1,533 | 1.07 | 0.95 | 1.86 | 2.00 | 2,938 | 3,203 |
| Petunias | 46 | 41 | 3,425 | 2,950 | 450 | 570 | 0.57 | 0.55 | 1.41 | 1.10 | 2,587 | 2,250 |
| Crops |
Number of producers |
Unit | Quantity sold | Wholesale price | Value of sales at wholesale 2/ | ||||
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| 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | ||
| Number | 1,000 units | Dollars | 1,000 dollars | ||||||
| Impatiens | 17 | 10 | Flats | 435 | 286 | 7.12 | 6.97 | 3,097 | 1,993 |
| Vegetable 3/ | 11 | 9 | Flats | 125 | 115 | 6.86 | 6.04 | 858 | 695 |
| Foliage Hanging | 153 | 159 | Basket | 9,309 | 9,538 | 3.24 | 3.90 | 30,161 | 37,198 |
| New Guinea Impatiens | 25 | 19 | Basket | 295 | 462 | 4.35 | 3.91 | 1,283 | 1,806 |
| Impatiens, I. wallerana | 29 | 21 | Basket | 400 | 628 | 4.51 | 3.06 | 1,804 | 1,922 |
| Petunias | 20 | 13 | Basket | 97 | 69 | 4.23 | 3.80 | 410 | 262 |
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1/ Unfinished plants sold to other producers are not included. 2/ Equivalent wholesale value of retail and wholesale sales. 3/ For home garden use. |
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CUT CULTIVATED GREENS: Florida remains the Nation's leader in
sales of cut cultivated greens among the 36 States surveyed. Florida sales
of all cut greens during 2002 totaled over $86.3 million, nearly 78 percent
of the value for all cut greens sold in the 36 States. The 2002 value fell
nearly two percent below the 2001 value of $87.8 million. Leatherleaf
ferns represented $50.1 million of the 2002 total versus $53.2 million in
2001. Growers received an average price of 86 cents per bunch ofleatherleaf ferns for the 58.3 million bunches sold in 2002. Sales of other
cut greens totaled $36.2 million, up nearly five percent from the $34.6
million producers received for other cut greens sold in 2001. Pierson,
Florida is the heart of the “Fern Capital of the World”. Growers there and
in the surrounding areas of North Central Florida grow a wide variety of
ferns and other greens.
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CUT CULTIVATED GREENS: Number of commercial producers with $100,000 or more sales of all floriculture products, bunches sold, and value of sales, by States, 2001 and 2002 |
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Selected States and crops |
Number of firms |
Quantity grown and sold |
Total value of sales 1/ |
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| 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | |
| Number | 1,000 bunches | 1,000 dollars | ||||
| Florida | ||||||
| Leatherleaf ferns | 106 | 109 | 61,142 | 58,278 | 53,194 | 50,119 |
| All other cut greens | 104 | 115 | 2/ | 2/ | 34,642 | 36,226 |
| California | ||||||
| Leatherleaf ferns | 3/ | 3/ | 3/ | 3/ | 3/ | 3/ |
| All other cut greens | 42 | 42 | 2/ | 2/ | 16,173 | 16,237 |
| Other States | ||||||
| Leatherleaf ferns | 12 | 17 | 1,860 | 1,529 | 2,116 | 1,704 |
| All other cut greens | 20 | 18 | 2/ | 2/ | 1,724 | 632 |
| 36 States | ||||||
| Leatherleaf ferns | 118 | 126 | 63,002 | 59,807 | 55,310 | 51,823 |
| All other cut greens | 194 | 212 | 2/ | 2/ | 57,048 | 59,121 |
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1/ Value of all sales at wholesale level including harvesting costs. 2/ Bunches are not comparable in this category as units differ depending on crop variety. 3/ Included in other States to avoid disclosure of individual operations. |
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ALL FLORICULTURE PRODUCTS: Number of Commercial producers with $10,000 or more sales, by sales categories, and area in production, by type of cover, 2001 and 2002 FLORIDA 1/ |
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| Sales categories | Number |
Glass greenhouses |
Fiberglass and other rigid greenhouses |
Film plastic greenhouses |
Shade and other cover |
Open ground | ||||||
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| 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 | |
| 1,000 square feet | Acres | |||||||||||
| $100,000 or more | 656 | 647 | 4,463 | 3,805 | 12,965 | 11,505 | 36,160 | 40,138 | 300,725 | 293,250 | 7,785 | 8,570 |
| $10,000 or more | 1,067 | 991 | 4,522 | 3,855 | 13,760 | 12,090 | 39,646 | 43,133 | 323,495 | 311,410 | 8,715 | 9,375 |
| $10,000 - $19,999 | 72 | 38 | ||||||||||
| $20,000 - $39,999 | 86 | 99 | ||||||||||
| $40,000 - $49,999 | 51 | 39 | ||||||||||
| $50,000 - $99,999 | 202 | 168 | ||||||||||
| $100,000 -$499,999 | 358 | 363 | ||||||||||
| $500,000 or more | 298 | 284 | ||||||||||
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