Table 4. Annual Bedding/Garden Plants Sold - Total: 2014 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All sales 
Wholesale sales 
Retail sales 
Annual bedding/garden plants sold, total 
operations 
7,964 
3,367 
6,197 
value ($1 ,000) 
2,567,534 
2,044,090 
523,444 
Flowering and foliar annuals sold, total 
operations 
7,541 
3,174 
5,861 
value ($1 ,000) 
2,160,001 
1,715,849 
444,152 
Ageratum 
operations 
1,280 
523 
956 
value ($1 ,000) 
3,126 
2,147 
978 
Alyssum, sweet (Lobularia) 
operations 
1,601 
580 
1,232 
value ($1 ,000) 
11,381 
8,701 
2,679 
Angelonia 
operations 
785 
332 
543 
value ($1 ,000) 
5,633 
4,667 
967 
Begonia 
operations 
5,633 
2,132 
4,370 
value ($1 ,000) 
133,349 
101,153 
32,196 
Caladium 
operations 
400 
228 
222 
value ($1 ,000) 
12,639 
11,765 
874 
Calendula 
operations 
222 
73 
169 
value ($1 ,000) 
555 
322 
233 
Calibrachoa 
operations 
1,937 
680 
1,514 
value ($1 ,000) 
44,592 
31,037 
13,555 
Canna 
operations 
278 
105 
191 
value ($1 ,000) 
1 ,656 
1,395 
261 
Celosia 
operations 
1,176 
461 
864 
value ($1 ,000) 
7,614 
6,542 
1,072 
Cleome 
operations 
462 
122 
375 
value ($1 ,000) 
858 
550 
308 
Coleus 
operations 
2,218 
820 
1,676 
value ($1,000) 
19,900 
14,300 
5,600 
Combination planter/color bowl 
operations 
1,266 
498 
942 
value ($1 ,000) 
81,344 
64,063 
17,281 
Cosmos 
operations 
630 
192 
505 
value ($1 ,000) 
1,230 
832 
397 
Dahlia 
operations 
1,536 
546 
1,185 
value ($1 ,000) 
12,533 
9,527 
3,007 
Dianthus 
operations 
1,168 
408 
901 
value ($1 ,000) 
7,736 
6,611 
1,125 
Dusty miller 
operations 
1,468 
555 
1,102 
Flowering cabbage or 
value ($1 ,000) 
4,238 
3,137 
1,100 
kale (Brassica) 
operations 
544 
225 
384 
value ($1 ,000) 
3,620 
2,934 
686 
Fuchsia 
operations 
1,347 
473 
1,042 
value ($1 ,000) 
13,805 
9,680 
4,125 
Gazania 
operations 
1,042 
291 
856 
value ($1 ,000) 
2,082 
1,310 
772 
Geraniums (from vegetative cuttings) 
operations 
5,130 
1,954 
4,015 
value ($1 ,000) 
223,954 
155,257 
68,698 
Geraniums (from seeds and plug seedlings) 
operations 
2,202 
743 
1,747 
value ($1 ,000) 
46,657 
34,996 
11,661 
Gerbera daisy 
operations 
984 
369 
733 
value ($1 ,000) 
14,261 
12,771 
1,490 
Gomphrena 
operations 
366 
115 
281 
value ($1,000) 
867 
518 
348 
Impatiens, New Guinea 
operations 
4,493 
1,687 
3,466 
value ($1 ,000) 
99,950 
78,853 
21,097 
Impatiens, other (1. wallerana) 
operations 
4,244 
1,572 
3,327 
value ($1 ,000) 
114,829 
91,790 
23,039 
Lisianthus 
operations 
169 
51 
133 
value ($1 ,000) 
334 
212 
123 
Lobelia 
operations 
1,472 
446 
1,166 
value ($1 ,000) 
11,259 
9,058 
2,201 
Marigold 
operations 
5,429 
1,908 
4,287 
value ($1 ,000) 
82,362 
65,812 
16,550 
Millet, ornamental 
operations 
287 
82 
235 
value ($1 ,000) 
2,013 
1,654 
359 
Nasturtium 
operations 
425 
73 
379 
value ($1 ,000) 
413 
201 
212 
Nicotiana 
operations 
487 
143 
385 
value ($1 ,000) 
724 
461 
263 
Osteospermum 
operations 
834 
242 
679 
value ($1 ,000) 
6,322 
5,025 
1,296 
Pansies (Violas) 
operations 
4,847 
1,772 
3,745 
value ($1 ,000) 
186,024 
158,561 
27,463 
Pentas 
operations 
488 
229 
312 
value ($1 ,000) 
7,377 
5,883 
1,494 
Peppers, ornamental 
operations 
284 
112 
195 
value ($1 ,000) 
1,166 
946 
220 
Petunias 
operations 
6,041 
2,342 
4,681 
value ($1 ,000) 
262,959 
201,139 
61,820 
Poppy (annual) 
operations 
63 
18 
48 
value ($1 ,000) 
291 
220 
71 
Portulaca 
operations 
1,697 
561 
1,351 
value ($1 ,000) 
9,606 
6,967 
2,640 
Ranunculus 
operations 
96 
62 
43 
value ($1 ,000) 
2,140 
2,058 
82 
Rudbeckia 
operations 
288 
89 
219 
value ($1 ,000) 
1,433 
1,206 
228 
Salvia, annual 
operations 
1,734 
671 
1,303 
value ($1 ,000) 
13,977 
11,681 
2,296 
-continued 
6 2014 CHS - United States Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
