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 
4 
25,600 
11 
8 
12 
166,981 
2007 
6 
59,500 
11 
5 
14 
434,250 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
3 
13,725 
11 
2 
14 
46,055 
2007 
- 
- 
12 
22 
12 
56,048 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
18 
600,808 
20 
95 
35 
11,097,962 
2007 
18 
308,320 
16 
88 
30 
3,997,673 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
529 
9,187,648 
422 
950 
759 
122,994,615 
2007 
378 
9,872,686 
252 
573 
527 
115,462,218 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
423 
7,250,430 
192 
422 
506 
98,391,777 
2007 
335 
7,569,316 
146 
320 
409 
92,137,631 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
58 
255,424 
169 
369 
190 
2,685,306 
2007 
20 
154,109 
97 
213 
104 
2,902,956 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
28 
162,966 
1 
(D) 
28 
870,519 
2007 
12 
147,100 
4 
4 
15 
922,771 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
74 
1,347,400 
53 
97 
119 
19,566,717 
2007 
80 
1,977,661 
31 
35 
102 
19,287,297 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
34 
171,428 
36 
(D) 
60 
1,480,296 
2007 
4 
24,500 
3 
1 
6 
211,563 
Flower seeds 
2012 
2 
(D) 
8 
17 
9 
(D) 
2007 
2 
(D) 
6 
17 
8 
32,610 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
35 
97,236 
(X) 
(X) 
35 
271,352 
2007 
6 
17,764 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
26,646 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
245 
1,090,907 
(X) 
(X) 
244 
8,493,604 
2007 
76 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
76 
(D) 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
80 
26,649 
(X) 
(X) 
80 
213,752 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
29 
37,719 
(X) 
(X) 
29 
142,742 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
38 
84,694 
(X) 
(X) 
38 
346,554 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
33 
109,072 
(X) 
(X) 
33 
887,333 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
19 
94,578 
(X) 
(X) 
19 
250,498 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
23 
168,020 
(X) 
(X) 
23 
611,260 
1 0,000 or more square feet 
23 
570,175 
(X) 
(X) 
22 
6,041,465 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
16 
225,675 
(X) 
(X) 
16 
(D) 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
5 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
369,900 
40,000 or more square feet 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
136 
341,074 
(X) 
(X) 
135 
1,828,209 
2007 
51 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
51 
5,984,866 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
184 
749,833 
(X) 
(X) 
183 
6,665,395 
2007 
51 
134,369 
(X) 
(X) 
51 
(D) 
Mushroom spawn (see text) 
2012 
5 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
(D) 
2007 
- 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
" 
- 
Mushrooms 
2012 
47 
26,569 
(X) 
(X) 
47 
367,703 
2007 
19 
27,125 
(X) 
(X) 
19 
808,140 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
95 
6,612,969 
426 
9,490 
455 
90,362,093 
2007 1 
68 
5,711,566 
376 
11,955 
388 
96,564,870 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
26 
7,784 
26 
17,034,107 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
27 
10,065 
27 
21,743,340 
2012 farms by area: 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
17 
5 
36,000 
15.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
9 
1,569 
9 
3,698,000 
250.0 to 399.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
939 
3 
3,650,000 
400.0 to 749.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
750.0 acres or more 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
4,559 
3 
7,957,543 
Tobacco transplants 
2012 
53 
457,334 
- 
- 
53 
1,018,505 
2007 
53 
444,858 
1 
(D) 
54 
1,029,895 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
9 
8,452 
17 
22 
27 
44,740 
2007 
6 
(D) 
6 
8 
11 
18,734 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
69 
165,352 
18 
23 
78 
315,701 
2007 
32 
68,495 
5 
14 
34 
227,798 
1 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
34 Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
