Table 41 . Nursery, Greenhouse, Floriculture, Sod, Mushrooms, Vegetable Seeds, and Propagative Materials 
Grown for Sale: 2012 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 
9 
43,588 
20 
41 
25 
628,775 
2007 
17 
43,952 
28 
48 
35 
1,076,510 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
9 
195,241 
33 
35 
36 
440,868 
2007 
12 
49,116 
31 
61 
38 
696,446 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
56 
1,869,865 
28 
254 
74 
16,603,218 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
2007 
44 
638,447 
23 
356 
64 
11,097,732 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
638 
51,078,270 
422 
2,385 
842 
373,162,548 
2007 
664 
41,059,894 
423 
1,856 
877 
326,418,037 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
443 
32,065,448 
265 
1,290 
560 
295,735,085 
2007 
452 
18,741,407 
277 
867 
589 
179,120,813 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
22 
(D) 
46 
138 
63 
5,356,705 
2007 
32 
(D) 
74 
279 
92 
(D) 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
136 
(D) 
38 
395 
156 
13,945,233 
2007 
140 
(D) 
43 
353 
164 
25,087,552 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
190 
8,427,035 
82 
151 
239 
50,741,727 
2007 
233 
13,154,321 
62 
307 
260 
117,482,233 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
78 
2,253,382 
68 
410 
130 
7,383,798 
2007 
5 
6,300 
10 
50 
12 
(D) 
Flower seeds 
2012 
4 
(D) 
11 
595 
15 
632,268 
2007 
6 
918 
18 
896 
22 
(D) 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
8 
23,908 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
(D) 
2007 
11 
13,050 
(X) 
(X) 
11 
19,575 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
179 
8,156,561 
(X) 
(X) 
175 
(D) 
2012 farms by area: 
2007 
103 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
103 
(D) 
1 to 999 square feet 
72 
23,403 
(X) 
(X) 
72 
100,240 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
30 
36,204 
(X) 
(X) 
26 
130,830 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
10 
23,740 
(X) 
(X) 
10 
99,898 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
5 
15,700 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
70,520 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
10 
49,848 
(X) 
(X) 
10 
235,356 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
12 
80,265 
(X) 
(X) 
12 
459,288 
1 0,000 or more square feet 
40 
7,927,401 
(X) 
(X) 
40 
(D) 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
16 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
16 
890,546 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
15 
431,257 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
2,179,648 
40,000 or more square feet 
9 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
9 
(D) 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
111 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
106 
(D) 
2012 farms by area: 
2007 
72 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
72 
(D) 
1 to 999 square feet 
42 
1 1 ,374 
(X) 
(X) 
40 
66,594 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
23 
26,942 
(X) 
(X) 
21 
140,315 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
9 
22,108 
(X) 
(X) 
9 
144,292 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
7 
23,740 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
147,120 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
15 
109,981 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
795,848 
1 0,000 or more square feet 
13 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
12 
(D) 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
6 
70,000 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
430,000 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
3 
65,100 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
401,558 
40,000 or more square feet 
4 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
(D) 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
117 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
115 
4,202,157 
2007 
57 
574,504 
(X) 
(X) 
57 
3,033,254 
Mushrooms 
2012 
4 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
(D) 
2007 
4 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
(D) 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
214 
18,947,238 
777 
24,359 
833 
392,507,469 
2007 ' 
248 
13,244,638 
861 
16,958 
934 
291,849,180 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
182 
48,589 
182 
118,379,125 
2012 farms by area: 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
164 
36,805 
164 
99,564,546 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
29 
210 
29 
433,702 
1 5.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
31 
890 
31 
1,896,038 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
25 
1,678 
25 
2,755,287 
1 00.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
49 
7,726 
49 
19,902,204 
250.0 to 399.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
12 
3,704 
12 
6,246,160 
400.0 to 749.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
19 
9,606 
19 
28,580,958 
750.0 acres or more 
(X) 
(X) 
17 
24,774 
17 
58,564,776 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
19 
14,738 
20 
21 
39 
66,256 
2007 
12 
16,110 
11 
4 
20 
6,635 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
56 
1,532,696 
23 
39 
67 
5,137,813 
2007 
28 
269,932 
8 
(D) 
32 
2,003,530 
^ 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
38 Texas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
