Greenhouse Management Industry Overview

Agriculture Agriculture is a very large, broad applied science which encompasses 3 major areas: Agronomy Forestry Horticulture

Horticulture Horticulture, is in turn, broken into many specialty areas. Some examples include: Olericulture Turfgrass Management Floriculture Nursery Management Greenhouse Managment

Greenhouse Management Greenhouse Management is that part of horticulture which deals with the production of various plant products inside the controlled environment of a greenhouse. By far the largest group of plant products produced in greenhouses are floricultural products.

Wholesale Value of Floricultural Crops in 2005 (in thousands of dollars) Value(1,000’s) Crop Percent Annual Bedding Plants 1,904,921 41 Potted Flowering Plants 808,941 17.4 Foliage Plants 721,049 15.5 Herbaceous Perennial Plants 708,305 15.3 Cut Flowers 396,693 8.5 Cut Greens 104,667 2.3 Total 4,644,576 100%

Where are the products grown? The top 5 states for total floriculture production (wholesale value) in 2005 were (they account for 53% of the total production value): #1 California #2 Florida #3 Michigan #4 Texas #5 New York

Match the following images of floriculture crops to the correct industry segment… Annual Bedding Plants Potted Flowering Plants Foliage Plants Herbaceous Perennial Plants Cut Flowers Cut Greens

Poinsettia

Marigold - Tagetes

Snapdragon – Antirrhinum

African Violet - Saintpaulia

Fern leaves (fronds)

Peace Lily - Spathiphyllum

Petunia - Petunia

Perennial Salvia – Salvia

Dumb Cane - Dieffenbachia

Impatiens - Impatiens

Hosta - Hosta

Roses - Rosa

Kalanchoe - Kalanchoe

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