NY Nass Floriculture Release April 06

The USDA NASS
New York Field Office
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FLORICULTURE

Released: April 2006

New York floriculture production ranked fifth in the nation for total commercial sales. Value of sales increased from a year earlier for potted flowering plants and bedding and garden plants. Bedding and garden plants again had the highest value of sales, at $110.6 million. This is an increase of $9.53 million from 2004. Potted flowering plants was second with a value of sales of $49.6 million, an increase of $9.4 million. Third was propagative materials at $115 million, an increase of 40 percent from2004.

The number of commercial growers decreased for the third consecutive year. During 2005 there were 772 growers. The area used to produce floriculture crops in the state was down approximately 5 percent. Greenhouse space decreased 495,000 square feet from 2004 to total 25.0 million square feet in 2005. This decrease pulled the total covered area (greenhouse plus shade and temporary structures) down to 25.5 million square feet, 2 percent less than existed during 2004.

FLORICULTURE: Growers and Growing Area, 2001-2005 ¹^/

	2001	2002	2003	2004 2/	2005

Commercial Growers (Number)	731	896	886	841	772

Growing Area: Open Ground (Acres)	1,243	1,056	1,058	934	876

Cover: Total Greenhouse (1,000 sq. ft.)	23,702	23,368	24,154	25,457	24,962
Shade & Temporary (1,000 sq .ft.)	667	582	696	708	568
Total Covered Area (1,000 sq. ft.)	24,369	23,950	24,850	26,165	25,530

1/ Includes growers with sales of $10,000 or more. 2/ Revised.

FLORICULTURE: Expanded Wholesale Value of Sales by Plant Category, 2001-2005

Plant Category	2005	2001	2002	2003	2004 1/	2005
	Rank	1,000 Dollars

Cut Flowers	10	4,506	5,570	4,984	4,716	2,714
Potted Flowering Plants	3	40,167	47,874	43,110	40,214	49,630
Propagative Materials	6	5,993	5,363	8,972	8,244	11,530
Bedding/Garden Plants	7	97,367	99,256	107,510	101,067	110,601
Total of Reported Crops ²^/	5	150,499	161,969	168,633	157,699	177,585
Grower Sales $10,000-$99,999 (Unspecified crops)		22,435	24,975	26,311	25,323	22,890

TOTAL COMMERCIAL SALES 3/	5	172,934	186,944	194,944	183,022	200,475

1/ Revised. 2/ Total includes categories not listed. 3/ Wholesale value of sales as reported by growers with $100,000 or more in sales of floriculture crops plus a calculated wholesale value of sales for growers with sales below $100,000. The value of sales for growers below the $100,000 level was estimated by multiplying the number of growers in each size group by the mid-point of each dollar value range.

FLORICULTURE: Producers, Sales, and Value, by Type of Plant, 2004-2005 ¹^/

Year		Producers Reporting	Quantity sold (Thousands)	Value of Sales 2/
CUT FLOWERS		Number	Stems	1,000 Dollars
Alstroemeria	2004	3	769	435
	2005	1	161	123

Gerbera Daisy	2004	3	399	342
	2005	3/	3/	3/

Lilies	2004	6	610	844
	2005	6	505	749

Roses	2004	2	1,139	744
	2005	1	45	33

			Spikes
Snapdragons	2004	8	529	416
	2005	9	226	187

All Other Cut Flowers	2004	10	-	1,375
	2005	8	-	729

POTTED FLOWERING PLANTS
African Violets	2004	14	558	826
	2005	12	756	1,015

Azaleas	2004	35	2,248	6,401
	2005	33	3,002	7,880

Florist Chrysanthemums	2004	59	1,491	3,727
	2005	54	2,008	4,747

Easter Lily Pots	2004	58	555	2,082
	2005	61	611	2,395

Orchids	2004	12	120	1,732
	2005	11	273	3,483

Poinsettias	2004	105	3,103	11,828
	2005	102	3,184	12,077

Potted Florist Roses	2004	12	69	276
	2005	15	13	60

Spring Flowering Bulbs	2004	59	816	2,649
	2005	53	632	1,823

Other Potted Flowering Plants	2004	60	3,610	10,693
	2005	63	5,386	16,150

BEDDING/GARDEN PLANTS			Flats
Begonia	2004	146	306	2,332
	2005	139	351	2,692

Geranium, Cuttings	2004	10	49	483
	2005	10	39	347

Geranium, Seedlings	2004	17	22	222
	2005	17	22	229

New Guinea Impatiens	2004	13	8	76
	2005	11	12	187

Other Impatiens	2004	154	919	6,543
	2005	151	1,347	10,156

FLORICULTURE: Producers, Sales, and Value, by Type of Plant, 2004-2005 ¹^/ (Continued)

Year		Producers Reporting	Quantity sold (Thousands)	Value of Sales 2/
		Number	Flats	1,000 Dollars

Marigold	2004	152	277	2,108
	2005	149	378	2,858

Pansy/Viola	2004	151	397	2,807
	2005	150	465	3,408

Petunia	2004	166	387	2,926
	2005	161	547	4,217

Vegetable Bedding Plants	2004	140	327	2,560
	2005	137	306	2,393

All Other Foliar Plants	2004	151	1,000	5,990
	2005	145	991	7,987

HANGING BASKETS			Number
Begonia	2004	86	138	1,056
	2005	92	181	1,365

Foliage	2004	42	67	624
	2005	40	57	431

Geranium, Cuttings	2004	129	383	2,631
	2005	115	365	2,577

Geranium, Seedlings	2004	9	25	167
	2005	8	19	104

New Guinea Impatiens	2004	113	527	3,642
	2005	109	569	3,852

Other Impatiens	2004	93	256	1,347
	2005	95	215	1,092

Pansy/Viola	2004	18	24	143
	2005	14	23	141

Petunia	2004	114	270	1,752
	2005	128	256	1,705

Other Flowering and Foliar	2004	128	574	3,966
	2005	131	573	4,269

POTTED BEDDING/GARDEN PLANTS			Pots
Begonia	2004	102	622	902
	2005	103	657	983

Foliage Potted Plants	2004	27	-	2,834
	2005	29	-	2,679

Geraniums, cuttings	2004	177	4,041	7,449
	2005	178	4,218	8,163

Geraniums, seedlings	2004	34	1,741	1,576
	2005	41	1,568	1,571

FLORICULTURE: Producers, Sales, and Value, by Type of Plant, 2004-2005 ¹^/ (Continued)

Year		Producers Reporting	Quantity sold (Thousands)	Value of Sales 2/
		Number	Pots	1,000 Dollars

New Guinea Impatiens	2004	158	2,341	4,330
	2005	156	2,002	3,800

Other Impatiens	2004	61	517	765
	2005	62	432	711

Marigold	2004	39	192	242
	2005	38	184	239

Pansy/Viola	2004	51	925	1,344
	2005	51	952	1,420

Petunia	2004	80	1,095	2,666
	2005	82	883	2,420

Vegetable Type Plants	2004	65	2,088	3,033
	2005	64	1,582	2,082

Other Flowering and Foliar	2004	126	5,241	11,421
	2005	127	5,877	12,209

PERENNIALS			Units
Hardy Chrysanthemums	2004	134	3,327	7,292
	2005	142	3,438	8,332

Hostas	2004	107	447	1,851
	2005	97	410	1,883

Other Herbaceous Perennials	2004	142	5,010	17,445
	2005	140	4,663	17,205

PROPAGATIVE MATERIAL
Potted Flowering Plants	2004	17	-	529
	2005	3/	-	3/

Annual Bedding/Garden Plants	2004	19	-	6,107
	2005	25	-	6,902

Herbaceous Perennials	2004	8	-	1,596
	2005	9	-	3,168

1/ 2004 Revised 2/ Equivalent wholesale value of all crops except potted foliage plants. For potted foliage, value is based on net value of sales 3/ Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations.