$8.41 billion
in U.S. floriculture sales in 2025
The USDA reported total sales across all floriculture crops, up 25% from 2024.
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2025 Floriculture Crops, released June 2026.A sourced reference
U.S. floriculture & garden plant statistics.
Current figures on the flowers and garden plants that shape the spaces, gifts and gatherings we love. Updated October 27, 2026.
At a glance
The scale behind the garden.
For writers, planners and garden-minded readers, this page brings together the latest public figures from U.S. agriculture and Massachusetts state sources. Each number links directly to the organization that published it, with its release date noted below.
These figures describe commercial production and sales, not the work or sales of Melander Taylor Composes.
11,728
U.S. floriculture producers in 2025
This count covers surveyed operations that produce and sell at least $10,000 of the included floriculture crops annually.
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2025 Floriculture Crops, released June 2026.1.04 billion
square feet of covered floriculture growing area in 2025
That is the area reported for production under cover, compared with 969 million square feet in 2024.
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2025 Floriculture Crops, released June 2026.$2.67 billion
in annual bedding and garden plant sales in 2024
Annual bedding and garden plants were one of the largest U.S. horticultural commodity groups measured in the latest specialty-crops census.
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2024 Census of Horticultural Specialties, released February 2026.$1.36 billion
in potted herbaceous perennial sales in 2024
The same census found this category had grown 47% in sales compared with 2019.
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2024 Census of Horticultural Specialties, released February 2026.Nearly 3,000
acres in production at Massachusetts nurseries and flower growers
Massachusetts identifies nurseries and flower growers as its largest agricultural sector by sales.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Garden Centers and Nurseries, accessed October 2026.Methodology & sources
A clear line back to the original data.
I use the latest publicly available releases from the organizations named on each statistic. The 2025 floriculture figures come from the USDA’s annual Commercial Floriculture Survey, which covers operations with at least $10,000 in annual sales of included crops. The 2024 horticultural figures come from the USDA’s Census of Horticultural Specialties. The Massachusetts figure is the state’s published overview of its nursery and flower-growing sector.
Figures are not adjusted or combined across sources. Where the USDA distinguishes between survey and census years, that source year is shown with the statistic. This page is reviewed monthly, or sooner when a key source releases updated figures.
Cite this page
Melander Taylor Composes. “U.S. Floriculture & Garden Plant Statistics.” Updated October 27, 2026. https://landertaylor.com/floriculture-statistics.
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