Table 41. Nursery, Greenhouse, Floriculture, Sod, Mushrooms, Vegetable Seeds, and Propagative Materials 
Grown for Sale: 201 2 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Crops 
Under glass or other protection 
In the open 
Value of sales 
Farms 
Square feet 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Dollars 
Aquatic plants 
2012 
12 
68,285 
3 
(D) 
12 
368,879 
2007 
8 
72,629 
7 
6 
13 
396,960 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
7 
99,300 
14 
31 
17 
(D) 
2007 
8 
86,761 
12 
45 
20 
1,752,570 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
16 
1,037,670 
2 
(D) 
18 
27,025,061 
2007 
11 
861,832 
6 
(D) 
15 
28,504,088 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
197 
9,608,142 
109 
173 
251 
124,029,240 
2007 
159 
9,008,832 
102 
134 
208 
120,132,280 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
178 
7,913,837 
74 
121 
212 
108,837,228 
2007 
144 
7,042,126 
66 
85 
170 
101,718,649 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
19 
253,285 
30 
38 
43 
2,332,880 
2007 
15 
(D) 
33 
36 
40 
2,486,299 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
15 
79,250 
1 
(D) 
15 
904,300 
2007 
12 
59,704 
5 
(D) 
17 
(D) 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
36 
1,328,810 
2 
(D) 
37 
11,858,206 
2007 
33 
1,617,191 
11 
(D) 
40 
14,278,590 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
6 
32,960 
7 
(D) 
9 
96,626 
2007 
5 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
Flower seeds 
2012 
5 
8,480 
5 
(D) 
10 
294,412 
2007 
6 
(D) 
13 
161 
18 
509,608 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
9 
10,525 
(X) 
(X) 
9 
105,200 
2007 
4 
683 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
1,025 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
138 
1,403,321 
(X) 
(X) 
138 
13,150,473 
2007 
63 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
63 
(D) 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
53 
20,817 
(X) 
(X) 
53 
91,400 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
23 
30,062 
(X) 
(X) 
23 
55,620 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
13 
28,788 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
(D) 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
6 
20,392 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
55,080 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
22 
102,752 
(X) 
(X) 
22 
(D) 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
7 
50,402 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
371,560 
10,000 or more square feet 
14 
1,150,108 
(X) 
(X) 
14 
10,324,166 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
7 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
541,171 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
4 
104,000 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
2,070,000 
40,000 or more square feet 
3 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
7,712,995 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
90 
1,149,006 
(X) 
(X) 
89 
8,443,661 
2007 
45 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
45 
(D) 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
105 
254,315 
(X) 
(X) 
105 
4,706,812 
2007 
42 
84,050 
(X) 
(X) 
42 
1,360,857 
Mushrooms 
2012 
7 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
(D) 
2007 
5 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
(D) 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
47 
597,780 
273 
4,827 
291 
64,005,978 
2007 1 
28 
338,686 
301 
6,350 
304 
72,639,390 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
49 
6,878 
49 
32,948,098 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
42 
8,812 
42 
42,105,586 
2012 farms by area: 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
44 
5 
338,790 
15.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
9 
223 
9 
1,072,200 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
12 
775 
12 
2,922,100 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
2,049 
13 
12,204,280 
250.0 to 399.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
1,565 
5 
7,593,600 
400.0 to 749.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
2,222 
5 
8,817,128 
750.0 acres or more 
(X) 
(X) 
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Vegetable seeds 
2012 
6 
44,565 
13 
262 
19 
1,279,443 
2007 
5 
7,589 
24 
453 
29 
834,503 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
33 
62,521 
10 
12 
38 
173,040 
2007 
28 
30,914 
9 
4 
31 
92,585 
1 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Colorado 35 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
