August 7, 2007

**FLORIDA**

**[Foliage Plants]{.smallcaps}**

+----------------------------+---------+--------+-----------+--------+
| TOPICS IN THIS REPORT      | Number  |        | Value of  |        |
|                            | of      |        | sales     |        |
| for Firms with             | firms   |        |           |        |
+============================+=========+========+===========+========+
|                            | 2005    | 2006   | 2005      | 2006   |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+-----------+--------+
|                            |         |        | *Million  |        |
|                            |         |        | dollars*  |        |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+-----------+--------+
| \$10,000 or more sales^1/^ | 932     | 832    | 956.6     | 800.4  |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+-----------+--------+
| \$100,000 or more          | 550     | 530    | 938.8     | 786.6  |
| sales^2/^                  |         |        |           |        |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+-----------+--------+
| Foliage Plants             | 332     | 301    | 494.0     | 366.4  |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+-----------+--------+
| Bedding/Garden Plants      | 73      | 72     | 131.8     | 118.8  |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+-----------+--------+
| Propagative Materials      | 41      | 52     | 95.2      | 95.5   |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+-----------+--------+
| Potted Flowering Plants    | 85      | 89     | 96.0      | 79.8   |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+-----------+--------+
| Cut Cultivated Greens      | 103     | 105    | 78.9      | 79.4   |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+-----------+--------+
| Herbaceous Perennials      | 37      | 35     | 27.9      | 29.8   |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+-----------+--------+
| Cut Flowers                | 11      | 13     | 15.0      | 16.9   |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+-----------+--------+
| ^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.           |         |        |           |        |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+-----------+--------+

Florida leads the Nation in sales of potted foliage for indoor use and
foliage hanging baskets with sales of \$366.4 million dollars during
2006, down 26 percent from the \$494.0 million sold in 2005, reflecting
the damage from devastating hurricanes that hit the State during the
fall of 2004 and 2005. Foliage grower numbers declined from 332 for 2005
to 301 for 2006 with several going out of business due to economic
damages resulting from the adverse weather. Potted foliage sales
accounted for \$335.7 million of the 2006 total, while the sales of
foliage hanging baskets totaled nearly \$30.7 million. During the
previous year, potted foliage sales totaled \$447.7 million, while sales
of hanging baskets totaled \$46.3 million. Florida's foliage growers
used 162,236,000 square feet to produce baskets and potted foliage
during 2006, down from the 2005 revised area of 210,373,000 square feet.
The 86 firms with sales of foliage totaling a million dollars or more in
2006 accounted for nearly 80 percent of all sales or \$291,385,000.
During 2005, 96 growers with foliage sales of a million or more
accounted for nearly 84 percent of all foliage sales, or \$413,572,000.
Producers in the million dollar sales or more class, used 105,760,000
square feet to produce foliage plants during 2006 compared with
149,963,000 square feet the previous year.

Foliage gross sales in the southeast, which includes the counties of
Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach, totaled \$186,037,000 during 2006 which
represents nearly 51 percent of all 2006 foliage sales compared with
\$323,965,000 or nearly 66 percent of all 2005 sales.

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<th colspan="12"><p><strong><span class="smallcaps">Foliage
Plants</span></strong>: Number of commercial producers with $100,000
plus sales, square feet in production,</p>
<p>and value of sales by area and sales categories, 2005 and 2006,
<strong>FLORIDA</strong><sup>1/</sup></p></th>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<th rowspan="3"></th>
<th colspan="3" rowspan="2">Number of firms</th>
<th colspan="6">Square feet in production<sup>2/</sup></th>
<th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Value of sales<sup>3/</sup></th>
</tr>
<tr class="header">
<th colspan="4">Covered area</th>
<th colspan="2">Open area</th>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<th colspan="2">2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th colspan="3">2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Area</td>
<td colspan="3"><em>Number</em></td>
<td colspan="6"><em>1,000 square feet</em></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>1,000 dollars</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Apopka<sup>4/</sup></td>
<td>159</td>
<td colspan="2">146</td>
<td colspan="2">28,003</td>
<td>24,426</td>
<td colspan="2">815</td>
<td>966</td>
<td>133,770</td>
<td>145,136</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Southeast<sup>5/</sup></td>
<td>126</td>
<td colspan="2">112</td>
<td colspan="2">95,389</td>
<td>57,549</td>
<td colspan="2">66,363</td>
<td>59,174</td>
<td>323,965</td>
<td>186,037</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Other</td>
<td>47</td>
<td colspan="2">43</td>
<td colspan="2">16,932</td>
<td>18,814</td>
<td colspan="2">2,871</td>
<td>1,307</td>
<td>36,293</td>
<td>35,241</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>All areas</td>
<td>332</td>
<td colspan="2">301</td>
<td colspan="2">140,324</td>
<td>100,789</td>
<td colspan="2">70,049</td>
<td>61,447</td>
<td>494,028</td>
<td>366,414</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="12">Sales Categories</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>$1-$99,999<sup>6/</sup></td>
<td>17</td>
<td colspan="2">14</td>
<td colspan="2">140</td>
<td>284</td>
<td colspan="2">48</td>
<td>96</td>
<td>693</td>
<td>477</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>$100,000-$249,999</td>
<td>80</td>
<td colspan="2">82</td>
<td colspan="2">7,916</td>
<td>8,690</td>
<td colspan="2">3,714</td>
<td>3,077</td>
<td>12,253</td>
<td>13,091</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>$250,000-$499,999</td>
<td>77</td>
<td colspan="2">61</td>
<td colspan="2">11,758</td>
<td>8,021</td>
<td colspan="2">2,885</td>
<td>5,191</td>
<td>26,525</td>
<td>22,253</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>$500,000-$999,999</td>
<td>62</td>
<td colspan="2">58</td>
<td colspan="2">21,643</td>
<td>21,711</td>
<td colspan="2">12,306</td>
<td>9,406</td>
<td>40,985</td>
<td>39,208</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>$1,000,000-&amp; over</td>
<td>96</td>
<td colspan="2">86</td>
<td colspan="2">98,867</td>
<td>62,083</td>
<td colspan="2">51,096</td>
<td>43,677</td>
<td>413,572</td>
<td>291,385</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>All sales</td>
<td>332</td>
<td colspan="2">301</td>
<td colspan="2">140,324</td>
<td>100,789</td>
<td colspan="2">70,049</td>
<td>61,447</td>
<td>494,028</td>
<td>366,414</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="12"><sup>1/</sup> 2006 preliminary, 2005 revised.
<sup>2/</sup> Square footage utilized for producing both hanging baskets
and potted foliage was counted only once; however, 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. <sup>3/</sup> Equivalent gross wholesale value of all sales, may
not compare with previous years values which were value less the cost of
propagative material. <sup>4/</sup> Includes Lake, Orange, and Seminole
counties. <sup>5/</sup>Includes Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach counties.
<sup>6/</sup> 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.</td>
</tr>
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</table>

**GROWERS WITH SALES OF ALL FLORICULTURE PRODUCTS OVER \$100,000**

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<tr class="header">
<th colspan="15">Wholesale value of all products, foliage, and cut
flowers, 2005 and 2006 in selected States<sup>1/</sup></th>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<th rowspan="3"><p>State</p>
<p>(Rank) <sup>2/</sup></p></th>
<th colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p>All</p>
<p>Products</p></th>
<th colspan="9">Foliage Plants</th>
<th colspan="3" rowspan="2"><p>All Cut</p>
<p>Flowers</p></th>
</tr>
<tr class="header">
<th colspan="2">All Foliage</th>
<th colspan="3">Potted Foliage</th>
<th colspan="4">Hanging Baskets</th>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th colspan="2">2006</th>
<th colspan="2">2005</th>
<th colspan="2">2006</th>
<th colspan="2">2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td></td>
<td colspan="14"><em>1,000 dollars</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><strong>FLORIDA</strong> (2)</td>
<td>938,805</td>
<td>786,614</td>
<td>494,028</td>
<td>366,414</td>
<td>447,727</td>
<td>335,714</td>
<td colspan="2">46,301</td>
<td colspan="2">30,700</td>
<td colspan="2">15,011</td>
<td colspan="2">16,939</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>California (1)</td>
<td>1,004,871</td>
<td>1,007,463</td>
<td>103,616</td>
<td>97,893</td>
<td>91,955</td>
<td>87,501</td>
<td colspan="2">11,661</td>
<td colspan="2">10,392</td>
<td colspan="2">303,311</td>
<td colspan="2">315,543</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Michigan (3)</td>
<td>367,416</td>
<td>363,158</td>
<td>4,453</td>
<td>4,837</td>
<td>3,140</td>
<td>3,248</td>
<td colspan="2">1,313</td>
<td colspan="2">1,589</td>
<td colspan="2">9,240</td>
<td colspan="2">6,643</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Texas (4)</td>
<td>270,386</td>
<td>256,468</td>
<td>19,787</td>
<td>19,301</td>
<td>14,666</td>
<td>13,475</td>
<td colspan="2">5,121</td>
<td colspan="2">5,826</td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>North Carolina (5)</td>
<td>172,428</td>
<td>190,334</td>
<td>6,607</td>
<td>6,465</td>
<td>3,193</td>
<td>2,294</td>
<td colspan="2">3,226</td>
<td colspan="2">3,272</td>
<td colspan="2">3,236</td>
<td colspan="2">4,396</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>New York (6)</td>
<td>178,116</td>
<td>185,255</td>
<td>3,132</td>
<td>5,453</td>
<td>2,674</td>
<td>4,134</td>
<td colspan="2">458</td>
<td colspan="2">1,319</td>
<td colspan="2">2,695</td>
<td colspan="2">2,920</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Ohio (7)</td>
<td>154,701</td>
<td>162,308</td>
<td>5,165</td>
<td>4,718</td>
<td>3,193</td>
<td>2,294</td>
<td colspan="2">1,972</td>
<td colspan="2">2,424</td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>New Jersey (8)</td>
<td>150,909</td>
<td>158,494</td>
<td>2,897</td>
<td>3,049</td>
<td>2,073</td>
<td>2,286</td>
<td colspan="2">824</td>
<td colspan="2">763</td>
<td colspan="2">11,009</td>
<td colspan="2">11,573</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Pennsylvania (9)</td>
<td>147,673</td>
<td>144,571</td>
<td>3,715</td>
<td>4,098</td>
<td>2,631</td>
<td>2,878</td>
<td colspan="2">1,084</td>
<td colspan="2">1,220</td>
<td colspan="2">2,058</td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Illinois (10)</td>
<td>112,092</td>
<td>119,091</td>
<td>3,829</td>
<td>7,600</td>
<td>2,751</td>
<td>6,571</td>
<td colspan="2">1,078</td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="2">719</td>
<td colspan="2">552</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Washington (11)</td>
<td>111,055</td>
<td>118,932</td>
<td>1,827</td>
<td>2,026</td>
<td>1,196</td>
<td>1,257</td>
<td colspan="2">631</td>
<td colspan="2">769</td>
<td colspan="2">18,715</td>
<td colspan="2">20,088</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>South Carolina (12)</td>
<td>96,280</td>
<td>93,397</td>
<td>3,021</td>
<td>3,041</td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="2">914</td>
<td colspan="2">754</td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Oregon (13)</td>
<td>99,543</td>
<td>88,701</td>
<td>1,911</td>
<td>1,600</td>
<td>891</td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="2">1,020</td>
<td colspan="2">850</td>
<td colspan="2">10,013</td>
<td colspan="2">10,752</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Maryland (14)</td>
<td>87,643</td>
<td>84,370</td>
<td>1,503</td>
<td>784</td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="2">570</td>
<td colspan="2">643</td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Hawaii (15)</td>
<td>63,167</td>
<td>63,329</td>
<td>17,056</td>
<td>15,254</td>
<td>16,880</td>
<td>15,143</td>
<td colspan="2">176</td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td colspan="2">16,920</td>
<td colspan="2">17,367</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>15-State Other Sts <sup>3/</sup></td>
<td>13,939</td>
<td>12,427</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>3,040</td>
<td>3,178</td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2">1,140</td>
<td colspan="2">2,957</td>
<td colspan="2">4,564</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Total</td>
<td>3,969,024</td>
<td>3,834,912</td>
<td>672,547</td>
<td>542,533</td>
<td>596,198</td>
<td>480,872</td>
<td colspan="2">76,349</td>
<td colspan="2">61,661</td>
<td colspan="2">395,884</td>
<td colspan="2">411,337</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

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<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
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<thead>
<tr class="header">
<th colspan="12"><p>Wholesale value of bedding plants, potted flowering
plants, and propagative materials,</p>
<p>2005 and 2006 in selected States<sup>1/</sup></p></th>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<th rowspan="3"><p>State</p>
<p>(Rank) <sup>2/</sup></p></th>
<th colspan="5">Bedding/Garden Plants</th>
<th colspan="2"></th>
<th colspan="4">Flowering Potted Plants</th>
</tr>
<tr class="header">
<th colspan="2"><p>Annual Bedding/</p>
<p>Garden Plants</p></th>
<th colspan="3"><p>Herbaceous</p>
<p>Perennials</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Propagative</p>
<p>Materials</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>All Flowering</p>
<p>Potted Plants</p></th>
<th colspan="2">Poinsettias</th>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th colspan="2">2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td></td>
<td colspan="11"><em>1,000 dollars</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><strong>FLORIDA</strong> (2)</td>
<td>131,796</td>
<td>118,776</td>
<td>27,905</td>
<td>29,842</td>
<td colspan="2">95,188</td>
<td>95,489</td>
<td>96,012</td>
<td>79,791</td>
<td>16,277</td>
<td>11,588</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>California (1)</td>
<td>238,267</td>
<td>231,199</td>
<td>74,316</td>
<td>70,186</td>
<td colspan="2">66,678</td>
<td>63,529</td>
<td>198,357</td>
<td>205,990</td>
<td>30,330</td>
<td>36,249</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Michigan (3)</td>
<td>183,510</td>
<td>192,861</td>
<td>53,615</td>
<td>45,970</td>
<td colspan="2">82,619</td>
<td>81,587</td>
<td>33,979</td>
<td>30,750</td>
<td>11,553</td>
<td>11,520</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Texas (4)</td>
<td>173,049</td>
<td>156,058</td>
<td>27,103</td>
<td>30,449</td>
<td colspan="2">6,880</td>
<td>11,715</td>
<td>43,567</td>
<td>37,891</td>
<td>16,127</td>
<td>15,848</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>North Carolina (5)</td>
<td>93,366</td>
<td>108,712</td>
<td>29,877</td>
<td>32,405</td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td>39,342</td>
<td>38,356</td>
<td>17,784</td>
<td>17,103</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>New York (6)</td>
<td>82,706</td>
<td>82,102</td>
<td>27,323</td>
<td>27,000</td>
<td colspan="2">12,332</td>
<td>17,492</td>
<td>49,928</td>
<td>50,288</td>
<td>12,149</td>
<td>12,488</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Ohio (7)</td>
<td>84,228</td>
<td>87,404</td>
<td>37,494</td>
<td>39,394</td>
<td colspan="2">11,331</td>
<td>10,987</td>
<td>16,483</td>
<td>19,805</td>
<td>10,475</td>
<td>11,956</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>New Jersey (8)</td>
<td>53,143</td>
<td>58,201</td>
<td>35,783</td>
<td>45,834</td>
<td colspan="2">13,463</td>
<td>10,616</td>
<td>28,614</td>
<td>29,221</td>
<td>10,244</td>
<td>9,266</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Pennsylvania (9)</td>
<td>59,422</td>
<td>61,708</td>
<td>19,177</td>
<td>18,930</td>
<td colspan="2">23,871</td>
<td>20,673</td>
<td>39,430</td>
<td>39,162</td>
<td>13,034</td>
<td>12,790</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Illinois (10)</td>
<td>41,880</td>
<td>47,986</td>
<td>40,098</td>
<td>39,178</td>
<td colspan="2">6,203</td>
<td>6,687</td>
<td>19,363</td>
<td>17,088</td>
<td>9,994</td>
<td>9,897</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Washington (11)</td>
<td>37,915</td>
<td>36,606</td>
<td>26,133</td>
<td>26,533</td>
<td colspan="2">19,578</td>
<td>26,017</td>
<td>6,887</td>
<td>7,662</td>
<td>4,309</td>
<td>5,176</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>South Carolina (12)</td>
<td>14,294</td>
<td>12,241</td>
<td>63,195</td>
<td>67,484</td>
<td colspan="2"><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td>15,770</td>
<td>10,631</td>
<td>7,178</td>
<td>5,939</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Oregon (13)</td>
<td>38,199</td>
<td>32,910</td>
<td>14,760</td>
<td>14,240</td>
<td colspan="2">9,960</td>
<td>2,704</td>
<td>18,997</td>
<td>21,941</td>
<td>2,278</td>
<td>2,204</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Maryland (14)</td>
<td>56,365</td>
<td>51,298</td>
<td>17,425</td>
<td>19,439</td>
<td colspan="2">4,649</td>
<td>4,652</td>
<td>7,701</td>
<td>8,197</td>
<td>6,056</td>
<td>5,761</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Hawaii (15)</td>
<td>2,782</td>
<td>3,051</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>462</td>
<td colspan="2">3,341</td>
<td>3,359</td>
<td>22,497</td>
<td>23,152</td>
<td>1,477</td>
<td>1,410</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>15-State Other Sts <sup>3/</sup></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td colspan="2">8,989</td>
<td>7,763</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Total</td>
<td>1,296,922</td>
<td>1,281,113</td>
<td>494,254</td>
<td>507,346</td>
<td colspan="2">365,082</td>
<td>363,270</td>
<td>636,927</td>
<td>619,925</td>
<td>169,265</td>
<td>169,195</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="12"><p><sup>1/</sup> Equivalent wholesale value of all
sales for all crops.</p>
<p><sup>2/</sup> State rank based on sales of all floriculture
products.</p>
<p><sup>3/</sup> Included in Other States to avoid disclosure of
individual operations.</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<table style="width:100%;">
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 18%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 9%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="header">
<th colspan="11"><p><strong><span class="smallcaps">Potted Flowering
Plants</span></strong>: Number of commercial firms, number of pots, and
value of sales at wholesale,</p>
<p>2005 and 2006, <strong>FLORIDA</strong></p></th>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<th rowspan="2">Crop</th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Number of</p>
<p>producers</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Number of pots</p>
<p>less than 5 inches</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Number of pots</p>
<p>5 inches or more</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Total quantity</p>
<p>sold</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Value of sales</p>
<p>at wholesale <sup>1/</sup></p></th>
</tr>
<tr class="header">
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>Number</em></td>
<td colspan="6"><em>1,000 pots</em></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>1,000 dollars</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Orchids</td>
<td>39</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>2,890</td>
<td>2,124</td>
<td>3,316</td>
<td>2,634</td>
<td>6,206</td>
<td>4,758</td>
<td>47,266</td>
<td>37,248</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Poinsettias</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>877</td>
<td>679</td>
<td>3,508</td>
<td>2,254</td>
<td>4,385</td>
<td>2,933</td>
<td>16,277</td>
<td>11,588</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Chrysanthemums, Florist</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>176</td>
<td><sup>2/</sup></td>
<td>1,092</td>
<td>1,208</td>
<td>1,268</td>
<td>1,208</td>
<td>3,803</td>
<td>3,742</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Roses, Florist</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>7</td>
<td><sup>2/</sup></td>
<td><sup>2/</sup></td>
<td>326</td>
<td>298</td>
<td>326</td>
<td>298</td>
<td>1,537</td>
<td>1,995</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Spring Flowering Bulbs</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>78</td>
<td><sup>2/</sup></td>
<td>380</td>
<td>411</td>
<td>458</td>
<td>411</td>
<td>1,419</td>
<td>1,431</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Easter Lilies</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>NA</td>
<td>NA</td>
<td>291</td>
<td>346</td>
<td>291</td>
<td>346</td>
<td>1,179</td>
<td>1,360</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>African Violets</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>518</td>
<td>462</td>
<td>42</td>
<td>70</td>
<td>560</td>
<td>532</td>
<td>744</td>
<td>879</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Other Potted Flowering <sup>3/</sup></td>
<td>31</td>
<td>34</td>
<td>3,479</td>
<td><sup>2/</sup></td>
<td>3,999</td>
<td>6,401</td>
<td>7,478</td>
<td>6,401</td>
<td>22,209</td>
<td>19,920</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="11"><p><sup>1/</sup> Equivalent wholesale value of retail
and wholesale sales.</p>
<p><sup>2/</sup> Pot sizes have been combined into category with
greatest production to avoid disclosure of individual operations.</p>
<p><sup>3/</sup> Excludes Azaleas.</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<table>
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 19%" />
<col style="width: 5%" />
<col style="width: 4%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="header">
<th colspan="13"><p><strong><span class="smallcaps">Bedding/Garden
Plants and Baskets</span></strong>: Number of commercial firms, number
of pots, baskets, and flats sold,</p>
<p>and value of sales at wholesale, 2005 and 2006,
<strong>FLORIDA</strong><sup>1/</sup></p></th>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<th rowspan="2">Crops</th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Number of</p>
<p>producers</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Number of pots</p>
<p>less than 5 inches</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Number of pots</p>
<p>5 inches or more</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Wholesale price</p>
<p>less than</p>
<p>5 inches</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Wholesale price</p>
<p>5 inches or more</p></th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Value of sales</p>
<p>at wholesale <sup>2/</sup></p></th>
</tr>
<tr class="header">
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>Number</em></td>
<td colspan="4"><em>1,000 pots</em></td>
<td colspan="4"><em>Dollars</em></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>1,000 dollars</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Impatiens</td>
<td>48</td>
<td>51</td>
<td>14,831</td>
<td>11,515</td>
<td>1,176</td>
<td>2,069</td>
<td>0.62</td>
<td>0.66</td>
<td>1.79</td>
<td>1.94</td>
<td>11,300</td>
<td>11,614</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Hardy/Garden Mums</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>19</td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td>5,493</td>
<td>5,257</td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td>1.63</td>
<td>1.69</td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td>8,895</td>
<td>8,965</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Begonias</td>
<td>43</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>9,036</td>
<td>8,517</td>
<td>553</td>
<td>705</td>
<td>0.79</td>
<td>0.78</td>
<td>1.53</td>
<td>1.74</td>
<td>7,985</td>
<td>7,870</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Impatiens, New Guinea</td>
<td>37</td>
<td>39</td>
<td>1,185</td>
<td>665</td>
<td>2,389</td>
<td>2,099</td>
<td>1.19</td>
<td>1.24</td>
<td>2.26</td>
<td>2.27</td>
<td>6,809</td>
<td>5,589</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Geraniums from Cuttings</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>1,181</td>
<td>798</td>
<td>3,244</td>
<td>1,698</td>
<td>0.68</td>
<td>0.78</td>
<td>1.99</td>
<td>2.29</td>
<td>7,259</td>
<td>4,511</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Petunias</td>
<td>40</td>
<td>42</td>
<td>3,524</td>
<td>3,273</td>
<td>1,036</td>
<td>1,109</td>
<td>0.65</td>
<td>0.64</td>
<td>2.02</td>
<td>1.89</td>
<td>4,383</td>
<td>4,191</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Pansies/Violas</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>3,826</td>
<td>3,904</td>
<td>776</td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td>0.62</td>
<td>0.83</td>
<td>1.70</td>
<td><sup>3/</sup></td>
<td>3,691</td>
<td>3,256</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Vegetable Type Plants <sup>4/</sup></td>
<td>22</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>4,610</td>
<td>1,158</td>
<td>1,213</td>
<td>1,173</td>
<td>0.80</td>
<td>0.95</td>
<td>1.70</td>
<td>1.69</td>
<td>5,750</td>
<td>3,082</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Marigolds</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>3,061</td>
<td>3,111</td>
<td>522</td>
<td>477</td>
<td>0.63</td>
<td>0.62</td>
<td>1.73</td>
<td>1.76</td>
<td>2,831</td>
<td>2,768</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<table>
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 25%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 7%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 9%" />
<col style="width: 9%" />
<col style="width: 9%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="header">
<th rowspan="2">Crops</th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Number of</p>
<p>producers</p></th>
<th rowspan="2">Unit</th>
<th colspan="2">Quantity sold</th>
<th colspan="2">Wholesale price</th>
<th colspan="2"><p>Value of sales at</p>
<p>wholesale <sup>2/</sup></p></th>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
<th>2005</th>
<th>2006</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>Number</em></td>
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>1,000 units</em></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>Dollars</em></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>1,000 dollars</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Petunias</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>Flats</td>
<td>273</td>
<td>281</td>
<td>7.41</td>
<td>7.65</td>
<td>2,023</td>
<td>2,150</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Vegetable Type Plants <sup>3/</sup></td>
<td>9</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>Flats</td>
<td>221</td>
<td>167</td>
<td>6.44</td>
<td>9.34</td>
<td>1,423</td>
<td>1,560</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Pansies/Violas</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>Flats</td>
<td>93</td>
<td>115</td>
<td>7.90</td>
<td>8.02</td>
<td>735</td>
<td>922</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Impatiens</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>Baskets</td>
<td>281</td>
<td>563</td>
<td>4.74</td>
<td>4.89</td>
<td>1,332</td>
<td>2,753</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Petunias</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>Baskets</td>
<td>251</td>
<td>289</td>
<td>5.21</td>
<td>5.42</td>
<td>1,308</td>
<td>1,566</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Impatiens, New Guinea</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>Baskets</td>
<td>298</td>
<td>167</td>
<td>3.25</td>
<td>4.89</td>
<td>969</td>
<td>817</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Geraniums from Cuttings</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>Baskets</td>
<td>139</td>
<td>145</td>
<td>4.89</td>
<td>4.96</td>
<td>680</td>
<td>719</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Begonias</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>Baskets</td>
<td>90</td>
<td>93</td>
<td>4.62</td>
<td>4.80</td>
<td>416</td>
<td>446</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Other Herbaceous Perennials <sup>5/</sup></td>
<td>26</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>Pots</td>
<td>7,593</td>
<td>8,000</td>
<td>2.48</td>
<td>2.59</td>
<td>18,836</td>
<td>20,680</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="6"><p><sup>1/</sup> Unfinished plants sold to other
producers are not included.</p>
<p><sup>2/</sup> Equivalent wholesale value of retail and wholesale
sales.</p>
<p><sup>3/</sup> Quantity and price combined into pot size with greatest
production to avoid disclosure of individual operations.</p></td>
<td colspan="4"><p><sup>4/</sup> For home garden use.</p>
<p><sup>5/</sup> Excludes Hostas.</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

**[Cut Cultivated Greens]{.smallcaps}**:

Florida remains the Nation's leader in sales of cut cultivated greens
among the 15 States surveyed. Florida sales of all cut greens during
2006 totaled about \$79 million, 73 percent of the value for all cut
greens sold in the 15 States surveyed. The 2006 value was one percent
above the 2005 value of \$78 million. Leatherleaf ferns represented
\$45.7 million of the 2006 total versus \$48.4 million in 2005. Growers
sold nearly 44 million bunches of leatherleaf ferns in 2006 at an
average price of \$1.04 per bunch. The 2005 leatherleaf price averaged
to \$1.02 per bunch. Sales of other cut greens totaled \$33.7 million,
up 11 percent from the \$30.5 million sold in 2005. Pierson, Florida is
the heart of the "Fern Capital of the World". Growers in Pierson and the
surrounding areas of North Central Florida grow a wide variety of ferns
and other greens.

+-------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| **[Cut Cultivated |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| Green             |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| s]{.smallcaps}**: |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| Number of         |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| commercial        |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| producers with    |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| \$100,000 or more |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| sales of all      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| floriculture      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| products, bunches |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| sold and value of |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| sales, by States, |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| 2005 and 2006     |       |       |       |       |       |       |
+===================+=======+=======+=======+=======+=======+=======+
| Selected States   | N     |       | Qua   |       | Total |       |
|                   | umber |       | ntity |       | value |       |
| and crops         | of    |       | sold  |       | of    |       |
|                   | firms |       |       |       | sales |       |
|                   |       |       |       |       | ^1/^  |       |
+-------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|                   | 2005  | 2006  | 2005  | 2006  | 2005  | 2006  |
+-------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|                   | *Nu   |       | *     |       | *     |       |
|                   | mber* |       | 1,000 |       | 1,000 |       |
|                   |       |       | bun   |       | dol   |       |
|                   |       |       | ches* |       | lars* |       |
+-------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| [Flo              |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| rida]{.smallcaps} |       |       |       |       |       |       |
+-------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Leatherleaf Ferns | 85    | 87    | 4     | 4     | 4     | 4     |
|                   |       |       | 7,464 | 3,955 | 8,413 | 5,713 |
+-------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| All other cut     | 91    | 93    | ^2/^  | ^2/^  | 3     | 3     |
| greens            |       |       |       |       | 0,452 | 3,650 |
+-------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| [Other 15-States  |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| ^3/^]{.smallcaps} |       |       |       |       |       |       |
+-------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Leatherleaf Ferns | 4     | 7     | 1,749 | 1,143 | 2,255 | 1,647 |
+-------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| All other cut     | 14    | 6     | ^2/^  | ^2/^  | 941   | 60    |
| greens            |       |       |       |       |       |       |
+-------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| [T                |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| otal]{.smallcaps} |       |       |       |       |       |       |
+-------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Leatherleaf Ferns | 89    | 94    | 4     | 4     | 5     | 4     |
|                   |       |       | 9,213 | 5,098 | 0,668 | 7,360 |
+-------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| All other cut     | 171   | 176   | ^2/^  | ^2/^  | 5     | 6     |
| greens            |       |       |       |       | 6,740 | 2,028 |
+-------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| ^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/^ Other 15     |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| States with sales |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| of Cut Cultivated |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| Greens for 2005   |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| and 2006 include: |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| CA, HI, MI, NJ,   |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| NY, NC, OH, OR,   |       |       |       |       |       |       |
| SC, TX, and WA    |       |       |       |       |       |       |
+-------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

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<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="13"><p><strong><span class="smallcaps">All Floriculture
Products</span></strong>: Number of commercial producers with $10,000 or
more sales,</p>
<p>by sales categories, and area in production, by type of cover, 2005
and 2006, <strong>FLORIDA</strong><sup>1/</sup></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td rowspan="2">Sales categories</td>
<td colspan="2">Number</td>
<td colspan="2">Glass greenhouses</td>
<td colspan="2">Fiberglass and other rigid greenhouses</td>
<td colspan="2">Film plastic greenhouses</td>
<td colspan="2">Shade and other cover</td>
<td colspan="2">Open ground</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>2005</td>
<td>2006</td>
<td>2005</td>
<td>2006</td>
<td>2005</td>
<td>2006</td>
<td>2005</td>
<td>2006</td>
<td>2005</td>
<td>2006</td>
<td>2005</td>
<td>2006</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="8"><em>1,000 square feet</em></td>
<td colspan="2"><em>Acres</em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>$100,000 or more</td>
<td>550</td>
<td>530</td>
<td>4,831</td>
<td>5,028</td>
<td>8,458</td>
<td>7,289</td>
<td>56,847</td>
<td>44,552</td>
<td>286,260</td>
<td>271,244</td>
<td>7,910</td>
<td>7,629</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>$10,000 or more</td>
<td>932</td>
<td>832</td>
<td>4,992</td>
<td>5,118</td>
<td>9,042</td>
<td>7,803</td>
<td>60,359</td>
<td>46,515</td>
<td>308,158</td>
<td>285,691</td>
<td>8,736</td>
<td>8,402</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>$10,000 - $19,999</td>
<td>57</td>
<td>57</td>
<td colspan="10" rowspan="6"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>$20,000 - $39,999</td>
<td>113</td>
<td>75</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>$40,000 - $49,999</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>38</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>$50,000 - $99,999</td>
<td>167</td>
<td>132</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>$100,000 -$499,999</td>
<td>283</td>
<td>274</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>$500,000 or more</td>
<td>267</td>
<td>256</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="13"><sup>1/</sup> Areas by sales category not
available.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>