2014 Top 100 Grower List
The 2014 Top 100 Growers list represents the largest greenhouse operations in the United States.
2014 Rank | 2013 Rank | Name of Operation | State | 2014 Total Square Footage | 2013 Total Square Footage |
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1 | 1 | Color Spot Nurseries | CA | 19,750,000 | 16,400,000 |
2 | 4 | Altman Plants | CA | 10,473,298 | 7,339,542 |
3 | 5 | Costa Farms | FL | 9,507,300 (4%) | 6,207,000 |
4 | 2 | Kurt Weiss Greenhouses | NY | 9,238,232 | 9,774,020 |
5 | 3 | Rocket Farms | CA | 8,305,120 | 8,305,120 |
6 | 7 | Metrolina Greenhouses | NC | 6,900,000 | 5,900,000 |
7 | 6 | Bell Nursery USA | MD | 6,100,000 | 6,100,000 |
8 | 10 | Green Circle Growers | OH | 4,791,600 | 4,704,480 |
9 | 11 | Aris Horticulture | OH | 4,352,080 (39%) | 4,352,080 |
10 | 12 | The Sun Valley Group | CA | 4,000,000* | 4,000,000* |
11 | 13 | Delray Plants Co. | FL | 3,868,116 | 3,868,116 |
12 | 16 | Speedling | FL | 3,700,000 | 3,490,000 |
13t | 14t | Mid-American Growers | IL | 3,500,000 | 3,500,000 |
13t | 14t | Milgro Nursery | UT | 3,500,000 | 3,500,000 |
15 | 19 | Ivy Acres | NY | 3,383,970 | 3,253,290 |
16t | 20 | Kerry's Nursery Inc. | FL | 3,000,000 | 3,100,000 |
16t | 21 | Woodburn Nursery and Azaleas | OR | 3,000,000 | 2,850,000 |
18 | 22 | Floral Plant Growers | WI | 2,826,360 | 2,826,360 |
19 | 17 | Matsui Nursery | CA | 2,800,000 | 3,438,000 |
20 | 23 | Dallas Johnson Greenhouses | IA | 2,600,000 | 2,700,000 |
21 | 43 | Olson’s Greenhouse Gardens | UT | 2,564,901 | 1,515,141 |
22t | 24 | Bay City Flowers | CA | 2,500,000* | 2,500,000 |
22t | 25 | Smith Gardens | WA | 2,500,000 | 2,350,000 |
24 | 29 | Wenke Greenhouses | MI | 2,265,120 | 1,829,520 |
25 | 28 | Northwest Horticulture | WA | 2,178,000 | 2,090,880 |
26 | 27 | Tagawa Greenhouse Enterprises | CO | 2,119,904* | 2,119,904 |
27 | 26 | N.G. Heimos Greenhouses Inc. | IL | 2,062,000 | 2,127,200 |
28 | NR | Bela Flor Nurseries | MO | 1,873,080 | |
29 | 34 | Plant Marketing | WI | 1,841,000 | 1,778,000 |
30 | 39 | Bergen's Greenhouses | MN | 1,829,520 | 1,611,720 |
31 | 30 | Dan Schantz Farm | PA | 1,814,381 | 1,814,381 |
32 | 32 | Colorama Wholesale Nursery | CA | 1,791,500 | 1,791,500 |
33 | 33 | Battlefield Farms | VA | 1,785,960 | 1,785,960 |
34 | 35 | Valley Flowers | CA | 1,740,000* | 1,740,000 |
35 | 45 | DeLeon’s Bromeliads | FL | 1,723,939 (13%) | 1,500,939 |
36 | 36 | Hines Growers, Inc. | CA | 1,700,000* | 1,700,000 |
37 | 37 | Young's Plant Farm | AL | 1,645,000 | 1,645,000 |
38 | 38 | Ocean Breeze International | CA | 1,614,000* | 1,614,000 |
39 | 42 | Dewar Nurseries | FL | 1,604,505 | 1,517,385 |
40 | 55 | Westland Floral Company | CA | 1,600,000 | 1,313,280 |
41 | 40 | Post Gardens | MI | 1,527,000 | 1,527,000 |
42 | 41 | Clearwater Nursery | CA | 1,525,000 | 1,525,000 |
43t | NR | Headstart Nursery | CA | 1,500,000 | |
43t | 46 | Kawahara Nurseries | CA | 1,500,000* | 1,500,000* |
45 | 44 | Garden State Growers | NJ | 1,481,040 | 1,502,820 |
46 | 47 | Dan and Jerry’s Greenhouse | MN | 1,445,000 | 1,445,000 |
47 | 58 | Rockwell Farms | NC | 1,440,000 | 1,260,000 |
48 | 56t | Bailey Nurseries | MN | 1,437,480 | 1,306,800 |
49 | 48 | Willoway Nurseries | OH | 1,418,340 | 1,418,340 |
50t | 49t | Kitayama Brothers | CA | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 |
50t | 49t | Panzer Nursery | OR | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 |
50t | 49t | Van Wingerden International | NC | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 |
53 | 56t | Four Star Greenhouses | MI | 1,378,800 | 1,306,800 |
54 | 53 | Heartland Growers | IN | 1,350,840 | 1,320,000 |
55 | 52 | Nash Greenhouses | MI | 1,345,000 | 1,345,000 |
56 | 54 | Aldershot of New Mexico | NM | 1,317,000* | 1,317,000* |
57 | 75t | Welby Gardens Co./Hardy Boy Plants-Hardystarts | CO | 1,130,680 (13%) | 1,000,000 |
58 | 79 | Grower Direct Farms | CT | 1,272,000 | 980,000 |
59t | 59t | Richardson Brothers Greenhouses | IL | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 |
59t | 59t | Young's Nursery and Greenhouses | TN | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 |
59t | 73 | Van de Wetering Greenhouses | NY | 1,200,000 | 1,040,000 |
62 | 61t | Pacifica Flowers | CA | 1,176,120 | 1,176,120 |
63 | 69 | Armstrong Growers | CA | 1,156,000 | 1,048,000 |
64 | 63 | Dramm and Echter | CA | 1,125,000 | 1,125,000 |
65t | 65t | Henry Mast Greenhouses/Masterpiece Flower Co. | MI | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 |
65t | 65t | Hillister Farms | TX | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 |
65t | 67 | Lucas Greenhouses | NJ | 1,100,000 | 1,095,576 |
68 | 96 | Corso’s Perennials | OH | 1,081,096 | 732,000 |
69 | 68 | Sawyer Nursery | MI | 1,059,076 | 1,059,076 |
70t | 70 | Alex R. Masson | KS | 1,045,440* | 1,045,440* |
70t | 64 | Riverview Flower Farm | FL | 1,045,440 | 1,113,520 |
72 | 72 | Johannes Flowers | CA | 1,043,360* | 1,043,360 |
73 | 74 | Maria Gardens Greenhouses | OH | 1,001,820* | 1,001,820 |
74t | 75t | Color Point | KY | 1,000,000* | 1,000,000 |
74t | 75t | Kent's Bromeliad Nursery | CA | 1,000,000* | 1,000,000* |
74t | NR | The Perennial Farm | MD | 1,000,000 | |
77 | 80 | Farmers' West Flowers and Bouquets | CA | 958,320* | 958,320 |
78 | 81 | Harts Nursery | OR | 940,000 | 940,000 |
79 | 75t | Bob’s Market and Greenhouses | WV | 900,000 | 1,000,000 |
80 | 83 | Petitti Garden Center (Casa Verde) | OH | 895,000 | 895,000 |
81 | 84 | White’s Nursery and Greenhouses | VA | 860,000* | 860,000 |
82 | 85 | Twixwood Nursery | MI | 851,000 | 851,000 |
83t | 86t | B And H Flowers | CA | 850,000 | 850,000 |
83t | 86t | Blue Ridge Growers | VA | 850,000* | 850,000 |
83t | 86t | Kube-Pak | NJ | 850,000 | 850,000 |
86 | 89 | South Central Growers | TN | 802,000 | 801,500 |
87 | 90 | American Color | VA | 784,700 | 784,700 |
88 | 91 | Olive Hill Greenhouses | CA | 760,000 | 760,000 |
89t | 92t | California Pajarosa | CA | 750,000 | 750,000 |
89t | 92t | Plainview Growers | NJ | 750,000 | 750,000 |
91 | 95 | Esbenshades Greenhouse | PA | 740,000 | 740,000 |
92 | 61t | Plants Unlimited | MI | 730,000 | 1,176,120 |
93 | 97t | Knox Nursery | FL | 700,000 | 700,000 |
94 | 99 | Parks Brothers Farm | AR | 675,000 | 675,000 |
95 | 100 | Sedan Floral | KS | 672,604 | 672,604 |
96 | 94 | Myriad Flowers International | CA | 653,400 | 740,520 |
97 | NR | Loop's Nursery And Greenhouse | FL | 650,000 | |
98 | NR | Pleasant View Gardens | NH | 642,016 | |
99 | 82 | Cuthbert Greenhouse | OH | 631,817 | 912,680 |
100 | NR | Ever-Bloom | CA | 625,000 |
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2014 Top 100 Grower List