Table 5. Annual Bedding/Garden Plants Sold - Flats: 2014 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All sales 
Wholesale sales 
Retail sales 
Annual bedding/garden plants sold as flats, total - Con. 
Flowering and foliar annuals sold as flats, total - Con. 
Nicotiana 
operations 
384 
98 
320 
number sold (1,000) 
34 
23 
11 
value ($1 ,000) 
459 
269 
189 
Osteospermum 
operations 
93 
32 
66 
number sold (1,000) 
48 
42 
6 
value ($1 ,000) 
651 
558 
93 
Pansies (Violas) 
operations 
4,187 
1,453 
3,321 
number sold (1,000) 
12,146 
10,661 
1,486 
value ($1 ,000) 
114,122 
92,013 
22,109 
Pentas 
operations 
128 
72 
72 
number sold (1,000) 
229 
170 
59 
value ($1 ,000) 
2,959 
(D) 
(D) 
Peppers, ornamental 
operations 
70 
19 
57 
number sold (1,000) 
(D) 
(D) 
4 
value ($1 ,000) 
(D) 
(D) 
63 
Petunias 
operations 
4,570 
1,630 
3,645 
number sold (1,000) 
1 1 ,722 
10,218 
1,505 
value ($1 ,000) 
114,237 
90,932 
23,305 
Poppy (annual) 
operations 
34 
9 
26 
number sold (1,000) 
19 
17 
2 
value ($1 ,000) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Portulaca 
operations 
1,405 
451 
1,134 
number sold (1,000) 
564 
445 
119 
value ($1 ,000) 
5,786 
3,895 
1,891 
Ranunculus 
operations 
21 
11 
11 
number sold (1,000) 
26 
20 
6 
value ($1 ,000) 
254 
228 
26 
Rudbeckia 
operations 
106 
30 
81 
number sold (1,000) 
30 
21 
8 
value ($1 ,000) 
370 
(D) 
(D) 
Salvia, annual 
operations 
1,420 
524 
1,107 
number sold (1,000) 
874 
763 
110 
value ($1 ,000) 
8,237 
6,564 
1,673 
Scaevola 
operations 
86 
41 
48 
number sold (1,000) 
38 
34 
5 
value ($1 ,000) 
603 
524 
79 
Snapdragon 
operations 
1,371 
456 
1,086 
number sold (1,000) 
827 
718 
109 
value ($1 ,000) 
8,412 
6,752 
1,660 
Thunbergia (Black-eyed Susan 
vine) 
operations 
58 
9 
51 
number sold (1,000) 
27 
24 
3 
value ($1 ,000) 
306 
270 
36 
Verbena 
operations 
825 
310 
615 
number sold (1,000) 
435 
388 
47 
value ($1 ,000) 
5,183 
4,372 
812 
Vinca (Catharanthus roseus) 
operations 
1,102 
451 
816 
number sold (1,000) 
2,447 
2,240 
207 
value ($1 ,000) 
23,793 
20,760 
3,032 
Zinnia 
operations 
1,276 
385 
1,034 
number sold (1,000) 
711 
543 
168 
value ($1 ,000) 
8,207 
(D) 
(D) 
Other flowering and foliar annuals (see text) 
operations 
1,700 
690 
1,265 
number sold (1,000) 
15,067 
13,110 
1,957 
value ($1 ,000) 
160,287 
129,058 
31,228 
Vegetable-type bedding plants sold as flats, total 
operations 
3,442 
1,175 
2,803 
number sold (1,000) 
13,056 
10,700 
2,356 
value ($1 ,000) 
153,619 
115,421 
38,198 
Broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, and other crucifers 
operations 
1,815 
508 
1,554 
number sold (1,000) 
1,528 
1,245 
284 
value ($1 ,000) 
(D) 
(D) 
(□) 
Herbs (culinary) 
operations 
836 
269 
678 
number sold (1,000) 
1,258 
1,137 
121 
value ($1 ,000) 
(□) 
(D) 
(D) 
Peppers, all (excluding ornamentals) 
operations 
2,073 
624 
1,732 
number sold (1,000) 
2,051 
1,716 
335 
value ($1 ,000) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Tomatoes, all 
operations 
2,414 
801 
1,988 
number sold (1,000) 
3,171 
2,403 
768 
value ($1 ,000) 
37,051 
(D) 
(D) 
Other vegetable-type bedding plants (see text) 
operations 
1,901 
661 
1,529 
number sold (1,000) 
5,048 
4,200 
849 
value ($1 ,000) 
59,023 
45,249 
13,775 
2012 Census of Agriculture 2014 CHS - United States Data 9 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
