Table 7. Annual Bedding/Garden Plants Sold - Hanging Baskets: 2014 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All sales 
Wholesale sales 
Retail sales 
Annual bedding/garden plants sold as hanging baskets, total 
operations 
5,580 
2,185 
4,342 
number sold (1 ,000) 
49,235 
43,356 
5,880 
value ($1 ,000) 
429,584 
326,697 
102,886 
Flowering and foliar annuals sold as hanging baskets, total 
operations 
5,516 
2,155 
4,303 
number sold (1,000) 
48,056 
42,285 
5,771 
value ($1 ,000) 
421,484 
320,672 
100,812 
Ageratum 
operations 
10 
5 
5 
number sold (1 ,000) 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
value ($1 ,000) 
100 
(D) 
(D) 
Alyssum, sweet (Lobularia) 
operations 
46 
15 
35 
number sold (1 ,000) 
5 
3 
2 
value ($1 ,000) 
65 
30 
35 
Angelonia 
operations 
58 
28 
34 
number sold (1 ,000) 
32 
31 
1 
value ($1 ,000) 
210 
193 
16 
Begonia 
operations 
2,603 
909 
2,027 
number sold (1 ,000) 
2,727 
2,312 
416 
value ($1 ,000) 
21,666 
14,559 
7,107 
Caladium 
operations 
19 
13 
7 
number sold (1 ,000) 
30 
27 
2 
value ($1 ,000) 
231 
214 
16 
Calendula 
operations 
22 
10 
15 
number sold (1 ,000) 
9 
7 
2 
value ($1 ,000) 
84 
50 
34 
Calibrachoa 
operations 
1,334 
486 
1,037 
number sold (1 ,000) 
2,376 
2,004 
373 
value ($1 ,000) 
23,182 
16,259 
6,923 
Canna 
operations 
4 
1 
3 
number sold (1 ,000) 
(D) 
(D) 
(Z) 
value ($1 ,000) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
Celosia 
operations 
14 
4 
10 
number sold (1 ,000) 
6 
5 
2 
value ($1 ,000) 
75 
43 
32 
Cleome 
operations 
2 
- 
2 
number sold (1 ,000) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
value ($1 ,000) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Coleus 
operations 
148 
55 
106 
number sold (1 ,000) 
90 
79 
11 
value ($1 ,000) 
593 
476 
118 
Combination planter/Color bowl 
operations 
800 
349 
580 
number sold (1 ,000) 
2,745 
2,267 
478 
value ($1 ,000) 
34,776 
24,045 
10,730 
Cosmos 
operations 
2 
- 
2 
number sold (1 ,000) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
value ($1 ,000) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Dahlia 
operations 
31 
20 
15 
number sold (1 ,000) 
92 
(D) 
(D) 
value ($1 ,000) 
735 
(□) 
(D) 
Dianthus 
operations 
22 
19 
7 
number sold (1 ,000) 
66 
65 
1 
value ($1 ,000) 
349 
338 
11 
Dusty miller 
operations 
7 
2 
5 
number sold (1 ,000) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
Flowering cabbage or 
value ($1 ,000) 
16 
(D) 
(D) 
kale (Brassica) 
operations 
5 
1 
4 
number sold (1 ,000) 
(Z) 
(D) 
(D) 
value ($1 ,000) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
Fuchsia 
operations 
1,058 
362 
833 
number sold (1,000) 
748 
601 
148 
value ($1 ,000) 
9,218 
6,177 
3,041 
Gazania 
operations 
32 
19 
15 
number sold (1 ,000) 
10 
9 
1 
value ($1 ,000) 
63 
51 
12 
Geraniums (from vegetative cuttings) 
operations 
2,872 
1,150 
2,170 
number sold (1 ,000) 
5,245 
4,431 
814 
value ($1 ,000) 
49,433 
35,207 
14,227 
Geraniums (from seeds and plug seedlings) 
operations 
571 
215 
418 
number sold (1 ,000) 
647 
557 
90 
value ($1 ,000) 
5,627 
4,022 
1,605 
Gerbera daisy 
operations 
51 
38 
19 
number sold (1 ,000) 
276 
275 
1 
value ($1 ,000) 
1,747 
1,730 
17 
Gomphrena 
operations 
3 
- 
3 
number sold (1 ,000) 
1 
- 
1 
value ($1 ,000) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Impatiens, New Guinea 
operations 
2,132 
928 
1,564 
number sold (1 ,000) 
3,437 
3,009 
429 
value ($1 ,000) 
29,098 
22,552 
6,547 
Impatiens, other (1. wallerana) 
operations 
1,519 
568 
1,175 
number sold (1 ,000) 
3,040 
2,746 
294 
value ($1 ,000) 
19,421 
15,394 
4,027 
Lisianthus 
operations 
4 
1 
3 
number sold (1 ,000) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
value ($1 ,000) 
(D) 
(□) 
(D) 
Lobelia 
operations 
331 
112 
243 
number sold (1 ,000) 
134 
118 
15 
value ($1 ,000) 
1,217 
915 
302 
Marigold 
operations 
113 
56 
63 
number sold (1,000) 
175 
160 
15 
value ($1 ,000) 
1,105 
945 
160 
Millet, ornamental 
operations 
7 
3 
5 
number sold (1 ,000) 
3 
2 
1 
value ($1 ,000) 
55 
21 
34 
Nasturtium 
operations 
36 
3 
33 
number sold (1 ,000) 
1 
(Z) 
1 
value ($1 ,000) 
26 
3 
23 
-continued 
12 2014 CHS - United States Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
