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 
8 
44,134 
9 
8 
14 
480,810 
2007 
5 
(D) 
8 
10 
10 
379,600 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
1 
(D) 
16 
21 
17 
133,976 
2007 
5 
8,869 
24 
38 
28 
135,567 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
22 
209,864 
19 
169 
31 
18,999,198 
2007 
21 
460,896 
22 
377 
35 
13,533,104 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
291 
8,147,621 
244 
404 
418 
63,117,171 
2007 
283 
8,247,156 
210 
367 
400 
89,035,382 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
231 
4,997,359 
177 
249 
319 
44,383,439 
2007 
231 
6,632,065 
162 
227 
323 
74,601,274 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
19 
(D) 
28 
52 
38 
469,729 
2007 
2 
(D) 
22 
28 
24 
458,520 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
50 
303,861 
19 
26 
56 
3,061,075 
2007 
45 
(D) 
13 
13 
54 
1,014,596 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
62 
1,294,842 
22 
21 
71 
11,448,399 
2007 
74 
1,254,557 
37 
80 
91 
12,652,410 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
17 
(D) 
28 
56 
39 
3,754,529 
2007 
3 
(D) 
4 
19 
6 
308,582 
Flower seeds 
2012 
6 
1,358 
4 
3 
7 
(D) 
2007 
3 
1,500 
4 
2 
7 
(D) 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
10 
51,323 
(X) 
(X) 
10 
(D) 
2007 
8 
5,066 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
7,600 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
102 
496,359 
(X) 
(X) 
102 
1,588,819 
2007 
44 
285,525 
(X) 
(X) 
43 
2,238,414 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
53 
73,429 
(X) 
(X) 
53 
465,563 
2007 
28 
58,732 
(X) 
(X) 
27 
319,840 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
76 
422,930 
(X) 
(X) 
76 
1,123,256 
2007 
29 
226,793 
(X) 
(X) 
28 
1,918,574 
Mushrooms 
2012 
11 
40,278 
(X) 
(X) 
10 
(D) 
2007 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
105 
2,036,893 
415 
8,836 
450 
127,179,838 
2007 1 
119 
3,633,707 
460 
7,991 
499 
125,233,223 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
70 
14,090 
70 
44,147,219 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
103 
28,647 
103 
84,190,951 
2012 farms by area: 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
14 
77 
14 
174,650 
15.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
11 
312 
11 
985,250 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
790 
13 
1,898,044 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
14 
1,935 
14 
4,933,848 
250.0 to 399.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
2,434 
8 
9,180,604 
400.0 to 749.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
3,205 
6 
8,528,195 
750.0 acres or more 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
5,337 
4 
18,446,628 
Tobacco transplants 
2012 
8 
583,190 
- 
- 
8 
1,351,019 
2007 
9 
453,380 
- 
- 
9 
928,000 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
6 
1,440 
6 
21 
12 
18,280 
2007 
1 
(D) 
5 
80 
6 
133,000 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
11 
1,710,630 
11 
91 
21 
16,473,231 
2007 
12 
863,496 
8 
11 
17 
2,905,290 
1 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Georgia 35 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
