Table 6. Annual Bedding/Garden Plants Sold - Pots: 2014 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All pots 
Pots less than 5 inches 
Pots 5 inches or more 
Item 
All sales 
Wholesale 
sales 
Retail 
sales 
All sales 
Wholesale 
sales 
Retail 
sales 
All sales 
Wholesale 
sales 
Retail 
sales 
Annual bedding/garden plants sold as pots, 
total 
operations 
7,092 
2,750 
5,560 
6,354 
2,306 
5,052 
4,881 
1,949 
3,658 
number sold (1,000) 
597,844 
539,028 
58,816 
416,976 
369,379 
47,597 
180,869 
169,650 
11,219 
value ($1 ,000) 
1,250,728 
1,027,934 
222,793 
662,030 
507,989 
154,041 
588,697 
519,945 
68,752 
Flowering and foliar annuals sold as pots, 
total 
operations 
6,630 
2,603 
5,183 
5,861 
2,161 
4,648 
4,566 
1,827 
3,420 
number sold (1,000) 
478,746 
432,267 
46,479 
336,582 
299,097 
37,485 
142,164 
133,171 
8,994 
value ($1 ,000) 
1,004,914 
821,141 
183,773 
526,468 
400,064 
126,404 
478,446 
421,077 
57,369 
Ageratum 
operations 
323 
159 
205 
274 
130 
177 
83 
50 
42 
number sold (1,000) 
375 
320 
56 
296 
246 
51 
79 
74 
5 
value ($1 ,000) 
693 
(D) 
(D) 
504 
320 
183 
189 
(D) 
(D) 
Alyssum, sweet (Lobularia) 
operations 
408 
169 
263 
371 
155 
239 
58 
27 
34 
number sold (1,000) 
1,327 
1,217 
111 
1,258 
1,166 
92 
69 
51 
18 
value ($1 ,000) 
1,836 
1,391 
445 
1,603 
1,287 
316 
234 
104 
129 
Angelonia 
operations 
701 
288 
489 
611 
249 
430 
161 
78 
94 
number sold (1,000) 
1,624 
1,430 
194 
1,244 
1,087 
158 
380 
344 
36 
value ($1 ,000) 
3,861 
3,038 
824 
2,425 
1,820 
605 
1,437 
1,218 
219 
Begonia 
operations 
3,201 
1,102 
2,458 
2,523 
824 
1,979 
1,323 
566 
898 
number sold (1,000) 
30,331 
27,829 
2,502 
22,453 
20,455 
1,998 
7,878 
7,374 
504 
value ($1 ,000) 
48,635 
39,910 
8,725 
27,931 
21,732 
6,198 
20,705 
18,177 
2,527 
Caladium 
operations 
342 
201 
185 
206 
118 
118 
216 
134 
108 
number sold (1,000) 
5,485 
5,318 
167 
2,880 
2,771 
110 
2,604 
2,548 
57 
value ($1 ,000) 
11,002 
10,271 
731 
3,754 
3,439 
314 
7,248 
6,832 
416 
Calendula 
operations 
89 
40 
55 
75 
31 
50 
19 
11 
8 
number sold (1,000) 
120 
105 
15 
114 
(D) 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
value ($1 ,000) 
190 
158 
33 
158 
128 
30 
33 
30 
3 
Calibrachoa 
operations 
1,550 
483 
1,242 
1,409 
436 
1,141 
297 
112 
200 
number sold (1,000) 
6,488 
4,962 
1,526 
5,816 
4,381 
1,435 
672 
581 
91 
value ($1 ,000) 
18,033 
11,967 
6,066 
14,977 
9,550 
5,427 
3,056 
2,417 
639 
Canna 
operations 
262 
100 
180 
79 
23 
59 
196 
81 
130 
number sold (1,000) 
238 
200 
38 
41 
32 
8 
197 
168 
30 
value ($1 ,000) 
1,280 
1,024 
256 
116 
80 
36 
1,164 
944 
220 
Celosia 
operations 
304 
166 
164 
228 
123 
125 
133 
86 
55 
number sold (1,000) 
1,853 
1,767 
86 
1,185 
1,109 
76 
668 
658 
10 
value ($1 ,000) 
3,296 
3,117 
179 
1,267 
1,136 
131 
2,029 
1,981 
48 
Cleome 
operations 
249 
91 
177 
164 
61 
119 
111 
44 
70 
number sold (1,000) 
177 
148 
29 
95 
74 
21 
82 
75 
8 
value ($1 ,000) 
573 
(□) 
(D) 
240 
153 
87 
332 
(D) 
(D) 
Coleus 
operations 
1,402 
487 
1,050 
1,160 
393 
884 
442 
197 
280 
number sold (1,000) 
5,993 
5,150 
843 
4,529 
3,823 
705 
1,464 
1,327 
138 
value ($1 ,000) 
11,906 
8,453 
3,454 
7,508 
4,890 
2,618 
4,399 
3,562 
836 
Combination planter/Color bowl 
operations 
862 
318 
636 
123 
33 
99 
772 
295 
560 
number sold (1,000) 
3,381 
3,028 
352 
276 
189 
87 
3,104 
2,839 
265 
value ($1 ,000) 
42,819 
36,778 
6,041 
1,685 
1,128 
557 
41,133 
35,650 
5,483 
Cosmos 
operations 
158 
74 
96 
130 
59 
82 
52 
32 
23 
number sold (1,000) 
308 
247 
61 
251 
199 
52 
58 
49 
9 
value ($1 ,000) 
463 
(D) 
(D) 
272 
207 
65 
191 
(D) 
(□) 
Dahlia 
operations 
1,121 
393 
832 
819 
277 
615 
481 
206 
316 
number sold (1,000) 
3,192 
2,767 
425 
1,874 
1,559 
315 
1,318 
1,208 
110 
value ($1 ,000) 
9,796 
7,990 
1,806 
4,038 
3,000 
1,038 
5,758 
4,990 
768 
Dianthus 
operations 
277 
130 
173 
224 
101 
144 
93 
52 
48 
number sold (1,000) 
1,765 
1,689 
76 
1,426 
1,357 
69 
340 
333 
7 
value ($1 ,000) 
2,270 
2,066 
205 
1,541 
1,375 
166 
729 
691 
38 
Dusty miller 
operations 
256 
142 
134 
202 
108 
111 
77 
51 
31 
number sold (1,000) 
861 
827 
35 
700 
675 
25 
162 
152 
10 
value ($1 ,000) 
880 
(□) 
(D) 
586 
532 
54 
294 
(D) 
(D) 
Flowering cabbage or 
kale (Brassica) 
operations 
404 
189 
269 
213 
83 
147 
284 
163 
169 
number sold (1,000) 
1,245 
1,085 
160 
333 
297 
35 
912 
788 
125 
value ($1 ,000) 
2,994 
2,464 
530 
481 
370 
111 
2,514 
2,094 
419 
Fuchsia 
operations 
694 
224 
536 
579 
166 
463 
200 
101 
121 
number sold (1,000) 
2,150 
1,981 
169 
1,758 
1,617 
141 
393 
364 
28 
value ($1 ,000) 
3,880 
3,147 
732 
2,178 
1,644 
534 
1,702 
1,504 
198 
Gazania 
operations 
360 
126 
271 
305 
100 
237 
90 
46 
50 
number sold (1,000) 
441 
339 
102 
316 
229 
87 
126 
110 
15 
value ($1 ,000) 
853 
592 
261 
500 
275 
225 
353 
318 
35 
Geraniums (from vegetative cuttings) .... 
operations 
4,696 
1,730 
3,709 
3,454 
1,203 
2,790 
2,648 
1,095 
1,966 
number sold (1,000) 
54,263 
42,538 
11,725 
34,747 
26,002 
8,745 
19,516 
16,537 
2,979 
value ($1 ,000) 
165,076 
113,771 
51,305 
82,114 
50,573 
31,541 
82,962 
63,198 
19,764 
Geraniums (from seeds and plug seedlings) operations 
1,686 
555 
1,355 
1,417 
442 
1,155 
444 
157 
342 
number sold (1,000) 
24,006 
21,349 
2,658 
21,740 
19,474 
2,267 
2,266 
1,875 
391 
value ($1 ,000) 
34,634 
26,347 
8,286 
25,571 
19,647 
5,924 
9,063 
6,700 
2,362 
Gerbera daisy 
operations 
924 
353 
680 
665 
233 
502 
336 
163 
217 
number sold (1,000) 
3,762 
3,455 
307 
2,139 
1,910 
229 
1,623 
1,545 
78 
value ($1 ,000) 
11,149 
9,914 
1,236 
4,960 
4,151 
809 
6,189 
5,762 
427 
Gomphrena 
operations 
136 
62 
81 
105 
54 
58 
47 
14 
33 
number sold (1,000) 
129 
91 
39 
111 
77 
34 
18 
14 
4 
value ($1 ,000) 
396 
(D) 
(D) 
309 
228 
81 
87 
(D) 
(D) 
Impatiens, New Guinea 
operations 
3,775 
1,348 
2,947 
3,171 
1,092 
2,526 
1,125 
530 
725 
number sold (1,000) 
25,475 
22,368 
3,107 
18,811 
16,228 
2,583 
6,665 
6,141 
524 
value ($1 ,000) 
60,050 
48,826 
1 1 ,224 
36,174 
27,515 
8,659 
23,876 
21,312 
2,565 
Impatiens, other (1. wallerana) 
operations 
1,224 
509 
850 
951 
356 
702 
496 
274 
264 
number sold (1,000) 
15,744 
14,937 
807 
10,872 
10,209 
663 
4,872 
4,728 
144 
value ($1 ,000) 
23,419 
20,746 
2,673 
12,264 
10,288 
1,976 
11,155 
10,458 
697 
Lisianthus 
operations 
93 
30 
72 
87 
26 
70 
9 
5 
4 
number sold (1,000) 
99 
78 
21 
97 
76 
21 
2 
2 
(Z) 
value ($1 ,000) 
174 
(D) 
(D) 
167 
101 
65 
7 
(D) 
(D) 
Lobelia 
operations 
732 
230 
552 
667 
211 
501 
109 
48 
69 
number sold (1,000) 
1,777 
1,567 
210 
1,610 
1,415 
196 
167 
153 
14 
value ($1 ,000) 
3,610 
2,823 
787 
2,981 
2,264 
717 
629 
559 
70 
Marigold 
operations 
1,018 
484 
620 
788 
353 
495 
399 
248 
187 
number sold (1,000) 
16,026 
15,479 
547 
11,962 
11,510 
452 
4,064 
3,970 
95 
value ($1 ,000) 
20,650 
19,165 
1,485 
11,175 
10,133 
1,042 
9,475 
9,032 
443 
Millet, ornamental 
operations 
256 
73 
212 
161 
34 
139 
115 
47 
87 
number sold (1,000) 
1,010 
964 
46 
951 
917 
34 
59 
47 
12 
value ($1 ,000) 
1,591 
1,383 
208 
1,259 
1,167 
92 
332 
216 
115 
--continued 
10 2014 CHS - United States Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
