Floriculture
 Michigan placed third nationally in value of wholesale sales of floriculture products in 1998. Only California and Florida reported larger sales than Michigan. The results in this report are based upon the decennial Census of Horticultural Specialties. Reports from Michigan's 862 commercial growers ($10,000 or more in gross sales) showed an estimated wholesale value of $235 million for all surveyed floriculture crops, up 11 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 more than $100,000 in sales and the percent change from 1997 were:

    First, bedding/garden plants with $173 million in sales,     up 12 percent.
    Second, flowering potted plants with $28.6 million in     sales, up 8 percent.
    Third, cut flowers with $10.0 million in sales, down 13     percent.
    Fourth, foliage for indoor or patio use with $3.1 million     in sales, down 8 percent.

Michigan leads the nation in value of sales for 10 floriculture crops:

Other notable Michigan crops that ranked second in value of sales nationally were:

Total greenhouse cover for all operations in the state rose 15 percent to 43.5 million square feet. This includes both rigid and film plastic greenhouses and glass greenhouses. Only California and Florida have more total greenhouse cover.

Table 7.1_Floriculture crops: 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
1996
 36 62 30 116 191 125 560
1997
 76 105 52 127 255 135 750
1998
 107 164 55 160 266 110 862

Table 7.2_Floriculture crops: Growing area by type of cover
Year Glass green- houses Fiberglass and other rigid green- houses Plastic film greenhouses Total greenhouse cover Shade and temporary cover Total covered
area 		Open
ground
1,000 square feet Acres
1996
 4,316 3,444 25,564 32,324 800 33,124 1,797
1997
 4,420 3,467 29,791 37,678 665 38,343 2,414
1998
 5,509 3,780 34,170 43,459 1,606 45,065 3,324

Table 7.3_Floriculture crops: 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
1996
 10,388 27,442 3,712 131,250 172,803 185,253
1997
 11,514 26,477 3,313 153,877 195,229 211,384
1998
 10,022 28,564 3,056 172,615 214,323 235,323
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.

Table 7.4_Bedding plants: Producers, quantity sold, price, and value
Item Year Producers Quantity
sold 		Percent of sales at wholesale Wholesale price Value of
sales at wholesale 1
Number 1,000 flats Percent Dollars 1,000 dollars
Vegetables 2
 1996 216 763 82 6.08 4,639
1997 254 1,026 87 6.15 6,310
1998 190 1,013 73 6.68 6,767
Geraniums
 1996 93 325 81 10.07 3,273
1997 117 394 85 9.26 3,648
1998 97 789 94 7.03 5,547
Impatiens
 1996 219 2,376 86 6.26 14,874
1997 270 2,565 87 6.37 16,339
1998 270 3,326 81 5.88 19,557
New Guinea Impatiens
 1996 45 99 93 9.99 989
1997 48 65 53 12.27 798
1998 37 86 85 8.27 711
Petunias
 1996 223 1,383 84 6.36 8,796
1997 269 1,522 87 6.84 10,410
1998 273 1,791 79 5.96 10,674
Other flowering and foliar
 1996 241 5,824 86 6.87 40,011
1997 296 6,561 87 6.69 43,893
1998 293 7,307 84 5.73 41,869
1    Equivalent wholesale value of all sales.
2    Does not include vegetable transplants grown for commercial use.

Table 7.5_Hanging baskets: Producers, quantity sold, price, and value
Item Year Producers Quantity
sold 		Percent of sales at wholesale Wholesale price Value of
sales at wholesale 1
Number 1,000 baskets Percent Dollars 1,000 dollars
Geraniums
 1996 228 458 78 6.19 2,835
1997 269 528 80 6.02 3,179
1998 231 497 71 6.46 3,211
Impatiens
 1996 204 345 82 5.31 1,832
1997 246 498 85 4.62 2,301
1998 211 406 76 4.90 1,989
New Guinea Impatiens
 1996 208 442 84 6.15 2,718
1997 250 566 86 6.29 3,560
1998 234 578 80 6.29 3,636
Petunias
 1996 166 110 79 5.60 616
1997 202 185 82 5.07 938
1998 183 164 76 5.12 840
Other flowering
1996 253 1,348 84 5.64 7,603
1997 297 1,675 85 5.61 9,397
1998 245 1,467 71 6.12 8,978
Foliage
 1996 56 435 95 3.77 1,640
1997 68 408 95 4.18 1,705
1998 47 253 90 4.57 1,156
1    Equivalent wholesale value of all sales.

Table 7.6_Cut flowers: Producers, quantity sold, price, and value
Item and unit Year Producers Quantity
sold 		Percent of sales at wholesale Wholesale price Value of
sales at wholesale 1
Number Dollars 1,000 dollars
Chrysanthemums
    Standard 1,000 blooms
 1996 6 24 11 0.750 18
1997 5 27 10 0.750 20
1998 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
    Pompon 1,000 bunches
 1996 10 43 15 2.820 121
1997 10 39 9 2.980 116
1998 7 5 74 3.000 15
Roses
    Hybrid tea 1,000 blooms
 1996 5 4,144 98 0.700 2,913
1997 7 4,122 98 0.634 2,613
1998 6 3,316 96 0.692 2,295
Gladioli, 1,000 spikes
 1996 7 36,221 100 0.150 5,542
1997 10 43,934 95 0.157 6,898
1998 6 33,882 100 0.186 6,302
Other cut flowers
 1996 28 -- 96 -- 960
1997 39 -- 97 -- 1,288
1998 29 -- 96 -- 887
1    Equivalent wholesale value of all sales.
2    Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations.

Table 7.7_Potted plants: Producers, quantity sold, price, and value
Item Year Producers Quantity sold Percent of sales at wholesale Wholesale
price 		Value
of sales at whole- sale 1
Less than 5 inch pots 5 inch
pots or larger 		Total Less than
5 inch pots 		5 inch
pots or larger
Number 1,000 pots Dollars 1,000 dollars
Chrysanthemums,
    florist
 1996 46 175 569 744 96 1.28 4.21 2,619
1997 46 125 580 705 95 1.57 3.98 2,505
1998 42 83 629 712 96 1.59 3.10 2,082
Chrysanthemums,
    hardy garden
1996 119 603 1,493 2,096 93 0.80 2.02 3,498
1997 149 574 2,221 2,765 90 0.80 1.96 4,812
1998 139 482 2,301 2,783 85 0.85 1.74 4,413
Poinsettias
 1996 119 996 2,960 3,956 90 1.69 3.52 12,102
1997 118 1,099 2,711 3,810 91 1.61 3.80 12,071
1998 100 1,111 2,584 3,695 83 2.17 3.96 12,644
African violets
 1996 10 346 18 364 99 1.09 2.36 420
1997 13 350 7 357 98 1.09 2.27 397
1998 9 312 11 323 100 1.13 2.27 378
Easter lilies
 1996 63 58 1,456 1,514 94 2.17 3.48 5,193
1997 61 64 1,403 1,467 97 2.58 3.45 5,005
1998 50 262 1,267 1,529 91 3.34 3.58 5,411
Geraniums (cuttings)
 1996 191 3,144 547 3,691 65 1.38 2.69 5,810
1997 218 3,376 818 4,194 71 1.53 2.69 7,366
1998 228 6,355 1,173 7,528 78 1.33 2.55 11,443
Geraniums (seed)
 1996 112 17,552 201 17,753 98 0.76 2.29 13,800
1997 127 19,078 693 19,771 98 0.75 2.30 15,902
1998 112 14,411 13 14,424 95 0.74 2.86 10,701
Other flowering plants 3
 1996 81 1,090 1,063 2,153 93 1.33 3.42 5,085
1997 83 1,271 880 2,151 93 1.10 3.50 4,478
1998 92 1,171 1,017 2,188 94 1.92 3.68 5,991
Cyclamens
 1996 46 66 113 179 83 1.79 3.53 517
1997 50 84 112 196 88 1.47 3.23 485
1998 42 80 185 265 93 1.58 2.73 631
Impatiens
 1996 32 252 50 302 96 0.87 1.74 306
1997 40 101 52 153 82 0.84 1.52 164
1998 55 199 53 252 75 0.83 2.56 301
See footnotes at end of table.

Table 7.7_Potted plants: Producers, quantity sold, price, and value (continued)
Item Year Producers Quantity sold Percent of sales at wholesale Wholesale
price 		Value
of sales at whole- sale 1
Less than 5 inch pots 5 inch
pots or larger 		Total Less than
5 inch pots 		5 inch
pots or larger
Number 1,000 pots Percent Dollars 1,000 dollars
Azaleas
 1996 47 53 167 220 81 2.01 6.74 1,232
1997 49 41 179 220 87 1.86 6.65 1,267
1998 39 19 164 183 85 3.14 6.81 1,177
New Guinea Impatiens
 1996 137 1,087 80 1,167 84 0.93 3.76 1,312
1997 174 1,340 229 1,569 84 1.18 3.38 2,355
1998 194 1,469 240 1,709 79 1.14 3.45 2,503
Petunias
 1996 29 150 23 173 92 0.80 1.76 160
1997 45 143 87 230 86 0.80 1.86 276
1998 45 119 56 175 75 0.76 2.56 234
Bedding plants:
    Other flowering and foliar type
 1996 153 11,904 1,994 13,898 95 1.04 2.68 17,724
1997 196 12,632 3,689 16,321 87 0.91 2.61 21,123
1998 216 8,311 8,745 17,056 82 1.07 3.39 38,538
Vegetable type 2
 1996 82 250 136 386 72 0.69 2.07 454
1997 105 642 282 924 82 0.84 2.01 1,106
1998 66 470 153 623 64 1.08 1.28 703
1    Equivalent wholesale value of all sales.
2    Does not include vegetable transplants grown for commercial use.

Chart for Value of Sales for Selected MI Floriculture Crops, 1998

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