Floriculture Crop Sales Grow Faster Than Nursery Crops

I work in a lot of rural places. Flowers are a growth industry. Just ask my wife Mary, who is an avid flower gardener. Beyond that, here are some important trends to consider.

Wholesale receipts of greenhouse and nursery crop producers edged up less than 1 percent to $15.7 billion in 2004, boosted by the 2-percent gain in floriculture sales from 2003. The growth of nursery and other greenhouse crops was dampened by lower sales of cut Christmas trees as more artificial trees penetrate the market. The rebound in floriculture sales, after slipping in 2003, is attributed to increased demand for potted flowering plants, bedding and garden annuals and perennials, and propagative material, which more than offset declines in potted foliage plants for indoor or patio use, cut flowers, and cut cultivated greens. Imported cut flowers continue to supplant a larger percentage of domestic cut flower production.

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