Floriculture

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Michigan placed fourth nationally in value of wholesale sales of floriculture products in 1996. California, Florida, and Texas reported larger sales than Michigan. Reports from Michigan's 536 commercial growers indicated an estimated wholesale value of $182 million for all surveyed floriculture crops, down 1 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.

* First, bedding/garden plants with $129 million in sales, down 2 percent;

* Second, flowering potted plants with $27.4 million in sales, up 5 percent;

* Third, cut flowers with $10.4 million in sales, up 2 percent; and

* Fourth, foliage for indoor or patio use with $3.7 million in sales, down 1 percent.

* Potted Geraniums (seed) with 17.7 million pots sold, valued at $13.8 million;

* Bedding Impatiens with 2.4 million flats sold, valued at $14.5 million;

Potted Easter Lilies with 1.5 million pots sold, valued at $5.2 million; and

* Geranium Hanging Baskets with 451,000 baskets sold, valued at $2.8 million.

* Other Potted Flowering and Foliar Type Bedding Plants with 13.9 million pots sold, valued at $17.7 million;

* Bedding Petunias with 1.4 million flats sold, valued at $8.6 million;

* Cut Gladioli with 36.2 million spikes sold, valued at $5.5 million;

* New Guinea Impatiens Hanging Baskets with 435,000 baskets sold, valued at $2.7 million.

* Bedding New Guinea Impatiens with 98,000 flats sold, valued at $978,000;

* Cut Sweetheart Roses with 1.5 million blooms sold, valued at $833,000; and

* Petunias Hanging Baskets with 108,000 baskets sold, valued at $623,000.

U.S. Govt.