Top 100 Growers — The List

1 3 11,441,000 (2%) Kurt Weiss Greenhouses NY 50% ornamental bedding plants, 25% flowering potted plants, 10% woody ornamentals, 7.5% container perennials, 5% potted foliage, 1% herbs, 1.5% other
2  2  9,288,500 (7%)  Yoder Brothers Inc.

 OH

 64.7% plugs and propagation, 35.3% flowering potted plants
3  4  8,825,818  Color Spot Nurseries Inc.  CA  56% ornamental bedding plants, 14% shrubs and ornamentals, 13% plugs and propagation, 12% container perennials, 5% flowering potted plants
4  52T  8,712,000  Bay City Flowers  CA 80% flowering potted plants*, 20% ornamental bedding plants*
5  7  7,159,891 (76%)  Paul Ecke Ranch  CA 10% flowering potted plants, 90% plugs and propagation
6  1  6,494,650  Hines Horticulture CA  50% woody ornamentals, 25% container perennials, 25% ornamental bedding plants
 7  31  6,308,698
(8%)
 Costa Nursery Farms  FL  50% potted foliage, 35% ornamental bedding plants, 15% plugs and propagation
 8  5  5,396,767 (23%)  Speedling Inc.  FL  95% plugs and propagation, 5% flowering potted plants
 9  6  5,000,000  Metrolina Greenhouses  NC  70% ornamental bedding plants, 15% container perennials, 15% plugs and propagation
 10  8  4,574,500  Altman Plants  CA  60% ornamental bedding plants, 35% container perennials, 5% plugs and propagation
 11  9  4,100,000  The Sun Valley Group  CA  100% fresh cut flowers
 12  10  3,868,116  Delray Plants Inc.  FL  100% potted foliage
 13  11  3,700,000*  Nurserymen’s Exchange  CA  85% flowering potted plants*, 10% container perennials*, 5% fresh cut flowers*
 14  12  3,650,000  Kerry’s Bromeliad
Nursery
 FL  67% flowering potted plants, 33% plugs and propagation
 15  14  3,500,000  Milgro Nursery Inc.  CA  90% flowering potted plants, 10% plugs and propagation
 16  15  3,328,000  Matsui Nursery  CA  100% flowering potted plants
 17  19  3,235,520  Green Circle Growers  OH  45% plugs and propagation*, 35% ornamental bedding plants*, 12% flowering potted plants*, 8% potted foliage*
 18  16  3,100,000*  Powell Plant Farm  TX  80% ornamental bedding plants*, 10% container perennials*, 10% flowering potted plants*
 19  18  2,850,000  Woodburn Nursery
& Azaleas
 OR  55% flowering potted plants,
45% woody ornamentals and shrubs
 20  23  2,675,000  Bell Nursery  MD  75% ornamenal bedding plants, 10% container perennials, 5% flowering potted plants, 5% herbs, 5% vegetables
 21  20  2,600,000*  Hermann Engelmann
Greenhouses
 FL  100% potted foliage*
 22  21t  2,500,000*  Mid American Growers  IL  60% ornamental bedding plants*, 25% flowering potted plants*, 10% plugs and propagation*, 5% potted foliage*
 23t  24  2,200,000*  Color Star Growers  CO  80% ornamental bedding plants*, 20% flowering potted plants*
 23t  28  2,200,000  GroLink Plant Co.  CA  80% plugs and propagation, 20% flowering potted plants
 25  25  2,178,000*  Color Ink (Dallas Johnson
Greenhouses)
 IA  85% ornamental bedding plants*, 10% container perennials*, 5% flowering potted plants*
 26  21t  2,119,904  Tagawa Greenhouses  CO  33% plugs and propagation, 33% ornamental bedding plants, 33% flowering potted plants
 27  17  2,103,105  Floral Plant Growers LLC  WI  60% ornamental bedding plants, 19% container perennials, 10% flowering potted plants, 8% plugs and propagation, 2% vegetables, 1% herbs
 28t  50  1,800,000  B&H Flowers  CA  98% fresh cut flowers, 2% plugs and propagation
 28t  N/A  1,800,000  Barcelo Enterprises  CA  40% woody ornamentals, 30% plugs and propagation, 20% flowering potted plants, 10% container perennials
28t 34 1,800,000 Smith Gardens WA 60% ornamental bedding plants, 15% container perennials, 15% plugs and propagation, 5% flowering potted plants,
2% woody ornamentals, 2% vegetables,  1% herbs
31 26 1,742,400 Wenke Greenhouses MI 70% ornamental bedding plants, 20% plugs and propagation, 5% container perennials, 3% vegetables, 2% herbs
32 32 1,638,939 Deleon’s Bromeliads FL 100% bromeliads and orchids
33 30 1,614,000* Ocean Breeze International CA 100% fresh cut flowers*
34 38t 1,568,160 Colorama Wholesale Nursery CA 38% ornamental bedding plants, 27% flowering potted plants, 25% container perennials, 5% herbs, 5% vegetables
35 33 1,560,000 Van Wingerden International Inc. NC 50% ornamental bedding plants, 40% flowering potted plants, 10% potted foliage
36 35 1,527,000 Post Gardens Inc. MI 65% ornamental bedding plants, 21% flowering potted plants,
10% potted foliage, 4% plugs and propagation
37 36 1,525,000* Clearwater Nursery CA 95% flowering potted plants*, 2.5% potted foliage*, 2.5% plugs and propagation*
38 61t 1,522,720 Northwest Horticulture WA 60% plugs and propagation, 40% container perennials
 39 37  1,515,800  Kawahara Nursery  CA  60% ornamental bedding plants, 20% container perennials, 20% flowering potted plants
 40t  38t  1,500,000  El Modeno Gardens Inc.  CA  50% container perennials, 30% woody ornamentals & shrubs, 10% ornamental bedding plants, 10% flowering potted plants
 40t  38t  1,500,000  N.G. Heimos Greenhouses  MO  50% ornamental bedding plants* , 30% flowering potted plants*, 10% plugs and propagation*, 5% container perennials*, 5% potted foliage*
 42  41  1,486,420  Dan & Jerry’s Greenhouses Inc.  MN  80% ornamental bedding plants, 10% container perennials, 5% plugs and propagation, 5% flowering potted plants
43 29 1,481,040 Polk Nursery Company Inc. FL 50% potted foliage, 25% fruit trees, 10% flowering potted plants, 5% woody ornamentals, 5% container perennials, 5% other trees
44 42t 1,470,000 Geerlings Greenhouses NJ 52% flowering potted plants, 30% potted foliage,
15% ornamental bedding plants, 3% plugs and propagation
45t 61t 1,400,000 Brand Flowers Inc. CA 100% fresh cut flowers
45t 55 1,400,000 Gallup & Stribling
Orchids Inc.
CA 60% flowering potted plants, 40% fresh cut flowers
45t 44 1,400,000 Panzer Nursery Inc. OR 100% flowering potted plants
48 60 1,376,003 Plant Marketing LLC WI 77% potted foliage, 23% ornamental bedding plants
49 45 1,370,000* Westland Floral Co. CA 90% fresh cut flowers*, 10% flowering potted plants*
50 46 1,325,680 Young’s Plant Farm AL 52% ornamental bedding plants, 28% flowering potted plants, 20% plugs and propagation

 

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51 48 1,325,000 Burgett Geothermal Greenhouses NM 100% fresh cut flowers
52 47 1,317,000* Aldershot of New Mexico Inc. NM 89% flowering potted plants*, 11% potted foliage*
53 42t 1,295,760 Johannes Flowers Inc. CA 100% fresh cut flowers
54 49 1,275,000 Rockwell Farms Inc. NC 75% ornamental bedding plants, 15% flowering potted plants, 5% plugs and propagation, 5% herbs
55 58 1,273,380 Battlefield Farms Inc. VA 55% ornamental bedding plants, 25% container perennials, 20% flowering potted plants
56 51 1,240,000* Valley Flowers CA 100% fresh cut flowers*
57 N/A 1,200,000 Elzinga & Hoeksema Greenhouses Inc. MI 75% ornamental bedding plants, 10% flowering potted plants, 5% plugs and propagation material, 5% herbs, 5% vegetables
58 N/A 1,176,120 (44.4%) Pacifica Flowers CA 100% fresh cut flowers
59 65 1,174,500 Garden State Growers NJ 40% ornamental bedding plants, 43% container perennials, 15% flowering potted plants, 1% plugs and propagation, 1% herbs
60 74t 1,154,340 Bergens Greenhouses Inc. MN 50% ornamental bedding plants, 19% flowering potted plants, 15% plugs and propagation, 10% container perennials, 4% potted foliage, 1% herbs, 1% vegetables
61 N/A 1,150,000 Green Valley Growers TX 40% flowering potted plants, 30% ornamental bedding plants, 10% container perennials, 10% plugs and propagation, 10% woody ornamentals
62t 27 1,089,000 Baucom’s Nursery Co. NC 50% ornamental bedding plants, 40% flowering potted plants, 5% plugs and propagation, 5% potted foliage
62t 56t 1,089,000 Young’s Nursery and Greenhouses TN 70% ornamental bedding plants, 10% flowering potted plants, 10% plugs and propagation, 5% potted foliage, 5% container perennials
64 68 1,066,004 Hiebert Greenhouse of
South Dakota
SD 54% ornamental bedding plants, 25% flowering potted plants, 12% container perennials, 2% herbs, 5% woody ornamentals, 2% potted foliage
65 56t 1,045,440 Alex R. Masson KS 85% flowering potted plants*, 15% potted foliage*
66 59 1,027,076 Sawyer Nursery MI 70% container perennials, 30% plugs and propagation
67t 88 1,000,000 Kitayama Brothers CA 100% fresh cut flowers
67t 61t 1,000,000 Sunshine Floral Inc. CA 100% fresh cut flowers
67t 61t 1,000,000 Welby Gardens CO 70% ornamental bedding plants*, 16% container perennials*, 7.6% plugs and propagation*, 1.6% herbs*, 4.8% other*
70 66t 980,000 Heartland Growers IN 60% ornamental bedding plants, 30% flowering potted plants, 5% potted foliage, 5% plugs and propagation
71 69 940,000 Boven’s Quality Plants MI 64% flowering potted plants, 30% ornamental bedding plants, 2% potted foliage, 2% plugs and propagation, 1% vegetables, 1% herbs
72 72 929,000 Dewar Nurseries FL 48% flowering potted plants, 44% woody ornamental shrubs, 6% potted foliage, 2% container perennials
73 71 905,000 Kent’s Bromeliad
Nursery Inc.
CA 100% flowering potted plants
74 73 900,000 Harts Nursery OR 78% ornamental bedding plants*, 20% container perennials*, 2% herbs*
75 74t 895,000 Petitti Garden Center
(Casa Verde)
OR 49% ornamental bedding plants, 40% container perennials, 5% plugs and propagation, 3% vegetables, 3% herbs
76 76 893,500 Mainland Nursery CA 50% potted foliage, 40% flowering potted plants,
10% container perennials
77 77 892,980* Richardson Bros. Inc. IL 53% ornamental bedding plants*, 30% flowering potted plants*, 15% plugs and propagation*, 2% potted foliage*
78 70 880,392 Dan Schantz Farm PA 40% flowering potted plants, 40% ornamental bedding plants, 10% vegetables, 8% plugs and propagation, 2% herbs
79 81t 874,502 Pajaro Valley Greenhouses CA 100% fresh cut flowers
80t 79t 871,200 Maria Gardens Greeenhouses Inc. OH 55% ornamental bedding plants, 20% flowering potted plants, 20% potted foliage, 5% container perennials
80t 79t 871,200* O.F. Nelson & Sons
Nursery Inc.
FL 100% flowering potted plants*
82t 81t 850,000 Blue Ridge Growers VA 45% flowering potted plants, 25% ornamental bedding plants, 15% plugs and propagation, 10% container perennials, 5% herbs
82t 81t 850,000 Timberline Nursery Inc. TX 85% ornamental bedding plants, 10% container perennials, 5% plugs and propagation
84 78 849,420 White’s Nursery &
Greenhouses Inc.
VA 75% flowering potted plants, 21% ornamental bedding plants, 2% potted foliage, 2% herbs
85 85 836,000 Henry Mast Greenhouses MI 65% ornamental bedding plants, 25% flowering potted plants, 8% plugs and propagation, 2% container perennials
86 86 803,369 Cuthbert Greenhouses OH 65% ornamental bedding plants, 30% flowering potted plants, 5% potted foliage
87 87 803,000 Kube-Pak Corp. NJ 46% ornamental bedding plants, 35% plugs and propagation, 10% flowering potted plants, 5% container perennials, 3% vegetables, 1% herbs
88 N/A 784,080 Van de Wetering
Greenhouses Inc.
NY 85% plugs and propagation, 10% ornamental bedding plants, 4% flowering potted plants, 1% herbs
89 90 765,576 California Pajarosa  CA 100% fresh cut flowers
90 N/A 762,300 Bob’s Market & Greenhouses WV 45% plugs and propagation, 40% ornamental bedding plants, 15% flowering potted plants
91t 92t  760,000 Grower Direct Farms CT 84% ornamental bedding plants, 13.5% flowering potted plants, 1.5% vegetables, 1% herbs
91t 89  760,000 Olive Hill Greenhouses CA 55% flowering potted plants, 45% potted foliage
93t 66t 750,000 Dramm & Echter CA 95% fresh cut flowers, 5% plugs and propagation
93t 81t 750,000 Silver Terrace Nursery CA 100% fresh cut flowers
95 91 740,520 Myriad Flowers International CA 100% fresh cut flowers
96 97t 696,960 Sunrise Ranch Greenhouse CA 100% fresh cut flowers
97 99 680,000 Ulery Greenhouse Co. OH 75% ornamental bedding plants, 22% flowering potted plants, 3% plugs and propagation
98 100t 675,180 Riverview Flower Farm Inc. FL 50% container perennials, 50% ornamental bedding plants
99 100t 662,304 Esbenshades Greenhouses PA 61% ornamental bedding plants, 30% flowering potted, 8% plugs and propagation, 1% container perennials
100 97t 653,400 Stacy’s Greenhouses SC 54% plugs and propagation, 46% container perennials

 

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