Report gives snapshot of hort industry

USDA released details from its Floriculture & Nursery Crops Yearbook. Findings are from 2006. Some highlights:

• Total sales of greenhouse and nursery crops in 2006 increased by $52 million from 2005.
• All floriculture groups experienced lower sales except cut flowers, herbaceous perennials and cut cultivated greens, which together accounted for 27% of total grower sales in 2006.
• Foliage plants in pots and hanging baskets for indoor or patio use had 19% lower sales in 2006.

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