Floriculture

Michigan placed third nationally in value of wholesale sales of floriculture products in 1997. Only California and Florida reported larger sales than Michigan. Reports from Michigan's 555 commercial growers indicated an estimated wholesale value of $193 million for all surveyed floriculture crops, up 4 percent from last year. This estimate includes summarized sales data as reported by growers with $100,000 or more in sales plus a calculated wholesale value of sales for operations with sales from $10,000 to $99,999. Crop category breakdowns for Michigan operations with over $100,000 in sales and the percent change from 1996 were as follows:

    First, bedding/garden plants with $143 million in sales, up 9 percent;

    Second, flowering potted plants with $25.7 million in sales, down 6 percent;

    Third, cut flowers with $11.1 million in sales, up 7 percent; and

    Fourth, foliage for indoor or patio use with $3.2 million in sales, down 14 percent.

Michigan leads the nation in value of sales for 11 floriculture crops. They are:

Total greenhouse cover for all operations in the state rose 1 percent to 32.7 million square feet. This includes both rigid and film plastic greenhouses as well as glass greenhouses. Only California and Florida have more total greenhouse cover.

Floriculture Crops, Value of Sales Chart, 1997

Table 9.1 Floriculture: Number of growers and growing area
Year Total growers Glass green- houses Fiberglass and other rigid green- houses Plastic film green- houses Total greenhouse cover Shade and temporary cover Total covered area Open
ground 1
Number 1,000 square feet Acres
1995
 566 4,658 3,146 24,318 32,122 549 32,671 2,041
1996
 560 4,316 3,444 25,564 32,324 800 33,124 1,797
1997
 555 3,470 3,135 26,089 32,694 590 33,284 2,421
1 Totals may not add due to rounding.

Table 9.2 Floriculture: Number of growers by gross value of sales
Year $10,000- $19,999 $20,000- $39,000 $40,000- $49,000 $50,000- $99,999 $100,000- $499,999 $500,000 or more Total
growers
Number
1995
 44 65 36 121 181 119 566
1996
 36 62 30 116 191 125 560
1997
 38 65 32 82 211 127 555

Table 9.3 Floriculture: Area, production, and value
Plant Production area Average value of
production area 1
1995 1996 1997 1995 1996 1997
1,000 sq.ft. Dollars per sq. ft.
Bedding plants:
    Flowering and foliar
 13,790 12,374 12,950 3.21 3.23 3.16
    Vegetable 2
 1,749 1,697 1,949 2.88 2.73 2.66
    Geraniums
 904 716 725 4.09 4.57 4.90
    Impatiens
 4,252 4,958 4,801 2.98 3.00 3.20
    New Guinea Impatiens
 212 226 139 4.53 4.38 5.65
    Petunias
 2,539 2,982 2,986 2.89 2.95 3.31
Potted plants:
    Foliage
331 265 272 6.40 7.82 5.57
    Chrysanthemums, florist
 840 916 812 3.69 2.86 3.07
     Chrysanthemums, hardy/garden mums
 2,139 1,813 2,720 1.73 1.93 1.73
    Poinsettias
 5,442 5,456 5,598 2.13 2.22 2.15
    African violets
 57 50 50 8.42 8.40 7.94
    Easter lilies
 831 928 861 5.58 5.60 5.46
    Other lilies
 127 (3) (3) 5.34 (3) (3)
    Geraniums (cuttings)
 2,038 1,730 1,933 4.60 3.36 3.64
    Geraniums (seed)
 2,956 3,672 4,177 4.63 3.76 3.69
    Cyclamens
 147 140 174 3.77 3.69 2.74
    Azaleas
 (4) 249 280 (4) 4.95 4.53
    Other flowering plants 5
 671 1,036 1,177 5.00 4.32 3.90
    Other flowering & foliar type bedding plants
 2,637 3,473 3,726 5.29 5.10 4.86
    Impatiens
 65 117 58 4.71 2.62 2.76
    New Guinea impatiens
310 578 743 3.97 2.27 3.05
    Petunias
 41 74 83 3.07 2.16 3.24
    Vegetable type bedding plants
 118 249 384 2.42 2.52 1.92
Cut flowers:
    Chrysanthemums
        Standard
 14 13 14 1.43 1.38 1.43
        Pompon
 31 32 36 3.81 3.78 3.22
    Roses
        Hybrid tea
 478 451 442 6.75 6.46 5.64
        Sweetheart
 (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4)
    Other cut flowers
 5,189 5,515 3,976 0.14 0.17 0.25
Acres Dollars per acre
    Gladioli
 1,206 1,294 1,563 4,465 4,283 4,411
1 Based on value of sales at wholesale, except foliage which is based on net value of sales.
2 Does not include vegetable transplants grown for commercial use.
3 Included in "Other flowering plants" for 1996.
4 Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations.
5 Data for 1994 and 1995 include orchids which are published separately in 1996. Data for 1996 includes "other lilies" which were published separately prior to 1996.

Table 9.4 Production and sales: Flower and bedding plants
Item and unit Year Producers with sales over $100,000 Sales
(quantity) 		Sales at wholesale Wholesale price Sales at wholesale 1
Number 1,000 Percent Dollars 1,000 dollars
Bedding plants
    Vegetables, flat 2
 1995 201 893 86 5.64 5,037
1996 216 763 82 6.08 4,639
1997 233 835 85 6.20 5,177
    Geraniums, flat
 1995 87 469 77 7.88 3,696
1996 93 325 81 10.07 3,273
1997 107 372 85 9.55 3,553
    Impatiens, flat
 1995 192 2,130 89 5.94 12,652
1996 219 2,376 86 6.26 14,874
1997 244 2,394 88 6.41 15,346
    New Guinea Impatiens, flat
 1995 32 102 88 9.42 961
1996 45 99 93 9.99 989
1997 46 64 85 12.27 785
    Petunias, flat
 1995 191 1,265 88 5.81 7,350
1996 223 1,383 84 6.36 8,796
1997 242 1,429 87 6.91 9,874
    Other flowering and foliar, flat
 1995 239 6,903 90 6.42 44,317
1996 241 5,824 86 6.87 40,011
1997 260 6,088 87 6.73 40,972
Hanging baskets:
    Other flowering
1995 240 1,263 86 5.56 7,022
1996 253 1,348 84 5.64 7,603
1997 274 1,620 85 5.62 9,104
    Foliage
 1995 59 367 95 4.49 1,648
1996 56 435 95 3.77 1,640
1997 65 403 96 4.17 1,681
    Geraniums
 1995 193 411 83 6.28 2,581
1996 228 458 78 6.19 2,835
1997 250 501 79 6.08 3,046
    Impatiens
 1995 178 349 85 5.31 1,853
1996 204 345 82 5.31 1,832
1997 230 485 86 4.60 2,231
    New Guinea Impatiens
 1995 184 410 87 6.25 2,563
1996 208 442 84 6.15 2,718
1997 231 537 87 6.30 3,383
    Petunias
 1995 130 89 87 5.36 477
1996 166 110 79 5.60 616
1997 190 178 82 5.04 897
See footnotes at end of table.

Table 9.4 Production and sales: Flower and bedding plants (continued)
Item and unit Year Producers with sales over $100,000 Sales
(quantity) 		Sales at wholesale Wholesale price Sales at wholesale 1
Number 1,000 Percent Dollars 1,000 dollars
Cut flowers:
    Chrysanthemums
        Standard, bloom
 1995 8 25 17 0.79 20
1996 6 24 11 0.75 18
1997 5 27 10 0.75 20
        Pompon, bunch
 1995 10 40 10 2.96 118
1996 10 43 15 2.82 121
1997 10 39 9 2.98 116
    Roses
        Hybrid tea, bloom
 1995 5 4,742 98 0.68 3,225
         1996 5 4,144 98 0.70 2,913
1997 6 3,976 98 0.63 2,493
         
        Sweetheart, bloom
 1995 4 1,509 96 0.49 741
1996 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
1997 (3) (3) (3) (3.) (3)
    Gladioli, spike
 1995 6 33,866 100 0.16 5,385
1996 7 36,221 100 0.15 5,542
1997 8 43,917 95 0.16 6,895
    Other cut flowers
 1995 32 -- 94 -- 716
1996 28 -- 96 -- 960
1997 33 -- 99 -- 1,004
1 Equivalent wholesale value of all sales.
2 Does not include vegetable transplants grown for commercial use.
3 Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations.

Table 9.5 Production and sales: Potted plants
Item Year Producers
with sales over $100,000 		Sales Sales at whole- sale Wholesale
price 		Value
of sales at whole- sale 1
Quantity Total
Less than 5 inch pots 5 inch
pots or larger 		Less than
5 inch pots 		5 inch
pots or larger
Number 1,000 Percent Dollars 1,000 dollars
Chrysanthemums, florist
 1995 46 285 731 1,016 97 1.16 3.79 3,101
1996 46 175 569 744 96 1.28 4.21 2,619
1997 44 122 579 701 95 1.57 3.97 2,490
Chrysanthemums, hardy garden
 1995 112 431 1,591 2,022 88 0.85 2.10 3,707
1996 119 603 1,493 2,096 93 0.80 2.02 3,498
1997 138 553 2,167 2,720 91 0.79 1.97 4,706
Poinsettias
 1995 118 901 2,759 3,660 90 1.66 3.65 11,566
1996 119 996 2,960 3,956 90 1.69 3.52 12,102
1997 116 1,099 2,708 3,807 91 1.61 3.80 12,060
African violets
 1995 11 440 8 448 99 1.05 2.25 480
1996 10 346 18 364 99 1.09 2.36 420
1997 13 350 7 357 98 1.09 2.27 397
Easter lilies
 1995 65 -- 1,353 1,353 97 -- 3.43 4,641
1996 63 58 1,456 1,514 94 2.17 3.48 5,193
1997 60 64 1,323 1,387 97 2.58 3.43 4,703
Other lilies
 1995 32 1 173 174 91 1.98 3.91 678
1996 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
1997 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Geraniums (cuttings)
 1995 178 4,863 808 5,671 73 1.45 2.88 9,378
1996 191 3,144 547 3,691 65 1.38 2.69 5,810
1997 202 3,083 782 3,865 70 1.61 2.64 7,028
Geraniums (seed)
 1995 107 1,873 67 18,799 94 0.72 2.76 13,672
1996 112 17,552 201 17,753 98 0.76 2.29 13,800
1997 116 18,106 693 18,799 98 0.76 2.40 15,424
Other flowering plants 3
 1995 75 514 732 1,246 81 1.68 3.40 3,352
1996 81 1,090 1,063 2,153 93 1.33 3.42 5,085
1997 73 1,268 703 1,971 93 1.10 3.76 4,038
Cyclamens
 1995 45 68 136 204 83 1.66 3.24 554
1996 46 66 113 179 83 1.79 3.53 517
1997 48 84 109 193 88 1.47 3.24 477
Impatiens
 1995 22 208 45 253 68 0.63 3.88 306
1996 32 252 50 302 96 0.87 1.74 306
1997 37 99 52 151 82 0.83 1.50 160
See footnotes at end of table.

Table 9.5 Production and sales: Potted plants (continued)
Item Year Producers
with
sales over $100,000 		Sales Sales at whole- sale Wholesale
price 		Value
of sales at whole- sale 1
Quantity Total
Less than 5 inch pots 5 inch
pots or larger 		Less than
5 inch pots 		5 inch
pots or larger
Number 1,000 Percent Dollars 1,000 dollars
Azaleas
 1995 (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4)
1996 47 53 167 220 81 2.01 6.74 1,232
1997 49 41 179 220 87 1.86 6.65 1,267
New Guinea impatiens
 1995 114 796 60 856 75 1.07 6.30 1,230
1996 137 1,087 80 1,167 84 0.93 3.76 1,312
1997 164 1,295 220 1,515 84 1.18 3.36 2,267
Petunias
 1995 22 126 14 140 96 0.72 2.51 126
1996 29 150 23 173 92 0.80 1.76 160
1997 42 139 86 225 86 0.79 1.85 269
Bedding plants: 1995 144 9,589 2,167 11,756 94 0.85 2.68 13,958
Other flowering and foliar type
 1996 153 11,904 1,994 13,898 95 1.04 2.68 17,724
1997 172 11,738 3,165 14,903 86 0.92 2.31 18,110
Vegetable type 5
 1995 63 252 82 334 75 0.69 1.35 285
1996 82 250 136 386 72 0.69 2.07 454
1997 96 566 192 758 83 0.78 1.54 737
1 Equivalent wholesale value of all sales.
2 Included in "Other flowering plants" for 1996.
3 Data for 1994 and 1995 include orchids which are published separately in 1996. Data for 1996 includes "other lilies" which were published separately prior to 1996.
4 Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations.
5 Does not include vegetable transplants grown for commercial use.

Table 9.6 Production and sales: Foliage plants
Year Producers with
sales over
$100,000 		Square feet
in production 		Net value
of sales 1 		Sales at
wholesale
Number 1,000 sq. ft. 1,000 dollars Percent
1995
 34 331 2,119 66
1996
 28 265 2,072 60
1997
 35 272 1,515 79
1 Gross value of sales less cost of plant material purchased from others for growing on.

Table 9.7 Floriculture: Wholesale value of sales by category
Year Total
cut
flowers 		Total
potted
flowering
plants 		Total
foliage
for indoor
or patio use 		Total
bedding/
garden
plants 		Total
wholesale
value of
reported
crops 		Expanded wholesale
value of
reported
crops 1
1,000 dollars
1995
 10,205 26,177 3,767 131,171 171,320 184,625
1996
 10,388 27,442 3,712 131,250 172,803 185,253
1997
 11,107 25,700 3,196 143,069 183,120 193,230
1 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 midpoint of each dollar range.