| 2009 Rank | 2008 Rank | Operation | State | Square Footage | Crop Breakdown |
| 1 | 1 | Color Spot Nurseries | CA | 13,650,000 | 56% ornamental bedding plants, 14% shrubs and ornamentals, 13% plugs and propagation, 12% container perennials, 5% flowering potted plants |
| 2 | 2 | Kurt Weiss Greenhouses | NY | 12,146,020 | 40% ornamental bedding plants, 33% flowering potted plants, 10% woody ornamentals, 10% container perennials, 3% potted foliage, 3% plugs and propagation, 1% herbs |
| 3 | 4 | Costa Farms, LLC | FL | 6,861,322 (9%) | 50% potted foliage, 35% ornamental bedding plants, 15% plugs and propagation |
| 4 | 5 | Paul Ecke Ranch | CA | 5,509,891 (76%) | 43% flowering potted plants, 30% ornamental bedding plants, 27% plugs and propagation |
| 5 | 7 | Rocket Farms | CA | 5,500,000 | 65% flowering potted plants, 20% herbs, 5% fresh cut flowers, 5% potted foliage, 5% vegetables |
| 6 | 6 | Metrolina Greenhouses | NC | 5,400,000 | 60% ornamental bedding plants, 15% container perennials, 15% plugs and propagation, 10% flowering potted plants |
| 7 | 25t | Color Star Growers | CO | 5,000,000 | 70% ornamental bedding plants, 25% flowering potted plants, 5% container perennials |
| 8 | 8 | Hines Horticulture | CA | 4,834,000 | 50% woody ornamentals, 25% container perennials, 25% ornamental bedding plants |
| 9 | 10 | Altman Plants | CA | 4,590,675 | 50% ornamental bedding plants, 27% container perennials, 20% potted foliage, 3% plugs and propagation |
| 10 | 12 | The Sun Valley Group | CA | 4,100,000* | 100% fresh cut flowers* |
| 11 | 13 | Bell Nursery | MD | 4,081,800 | 75% ornamental bedding plants, 10% container perennials, 5% flowering potted plants, 5% herbs, 5% vegetables |
| 12 | 3 | Aris (formerly Yoder Brothers) | OH | 3,984,869 (50%) | 50% flowering potted plants, 25% container perennials, 15% tropicals, 8% herbs, 2% fresh cut flowers |
| 13 | 14 | Delray Plants Inc. | FL | 3,868,116 | 100% potted foliage |
| 14t | 17t | Green Circle Growers | OH | 3,500,000* | 45% plugs and propagation*, 35% ornamental bedding plants*, 12% flowering potted plants*, 8% potted foliage* |
| 14t | 17t | Milgro Nursery Inc. | CA | 3,500,000 | 90% flowering potted plants, 10% plugs and propagation |
| 16 | 19 | Matsui Nursery, Inc. | CA | 3,328,000 | 100% flowering potted plants |
| 17t | 16 | Kerry’s Bromeliads | FL | 3,100,000 | 90% flowering potted plants, 10% plugs and propagation |
| 17t | 15 | Nurserymen’s Exchange | CA | 3,100,000 | 90% flowering potted plants, 10% container perennials |
| 19 | 20 | Woodburn Nursery & Azaleas | OR | 2,850,000 | 55% flowering potted plants, 45% woody ornamentals and shrubs |
| 20 | 23 | Mid-American Growers | IL | 2,831,400 | 60% ornamental bedding plants, 35% flowering potted plants, 5% potted foliage |
| 21 | 21 | Hermann Engelmann Greenhouses | FL | 2,800,000 | 100% potted foliage |
| 22t | 22 | Bay City Flowers | CA | 2,500,000* | 80% flowering potted plants*, 20% ornamental bedding plants |
| 22t | 24 | Dallas Johnson Greenhouses | IA | 2,500,000 (11%) | 75% ornamental bedding plants, 20% container perennials, 5% flowering potted plants |
| 24 | 25t | Tagawa Greenhouses | CO | 2,200,000 | 45% plugs and propagation, 35% ornamental bedding plants, 15% nursery crops, 4% flowering potted plants, 1% container perennials |
| 25 | 27 | Floral Plant Growers LLC | WI | 2,103,105 | 71% ornamental bedding plants, 15% plugs and propagation, 7% flowering potted plants, 4% container perennials, 2% vegetables |
| 2009 Rank | 2008 Rank | Operation | State | Square Footage | Crop Breakdown |
| 26 | 9 | Speedling Inc. | FL | 2,100,000 (34%) | 60% plugs and propagation, 20% flowering potted plants, 20% vegetables |
| 27 | 11 | GroLink Plant Co. | CA | 1,971,200 (56%) | 90% cuttings, 10% plugs and propagation |
| 28 | 28 | DeLeon’s Bromeliads | FL | 1,941,739 (11%) | 100% bromeliads and orchids |
| 29 | 32 | B&H Flowers, Inc. | CA | 1,868,000 | 100% fresh cut flowers |
| 30t | 30t | Barcelo Enterprises | CA | 1,800,000 | 40% woody ornamentals, 30% plugs and propagation, 20% flowering potted plants, 10% container perennials |
| 30t | 34 | Colorama Wholesale Nursery | CA | 1,800,000 | 40% woody ornamentals, 30% plugs and propagation, 20% flowering potted plants, 10% container perennials |
| 30t | 30t | Smith Gardens | WA | 1,800,000 | 60% flowering potted plants, 15% trees, 10% ornamental bedding plants, 5% container perennials, 5% herbs, 5% plugs and propagation |
| 33 | 29 | Wenke Greenhouses | MI | 871,200 | 55% ornamental bedding plants, 20% flowering potted plants, 20% plugs and propagation, 4% vegetables, 1% herbs |
| 34 | 33 | Ocean Breeze International | CA | 1,614,000 | 100% fresh cut flowers |
| 35 | 39 | Northwest Horticulture | WA | 1,611,720 | 50% container perennials, 50% plugs and propagation |
| 36 | 49 | Westland Floral Co. | CA | 1,555,000 | 90% fresh cut flowers, 10% flowering potted plants |
| 37 | 37 | Post Gardens Inc. | MI | 1,527,000 | 65% ornamental bedding plants, 21% flowering potted plants, 10% potted foliage, 4% plugs and propagation |
| 38 | 38 | Clearwater Nursery | CA | 1,525,000 | 95% flowering potted plants, 3% container perennials, 2% plugs and propagation |
| 39 | 40 | Kawahara Nurseries | CA | 1,515,800 | 50% ornamental bedding plants, 30% container perennials, 20% flowering potted plants |
| 40 | 50 | Polk Nursery Company Inc. | FL | 1,500,600 | 50% flowering potted plants, 35% potted foliage, 10% trees, 3% woody ornamentals, 2% vegetables |
| 41t | 41t | El Modeno Gardens Inc. | CA | 1,500,000 | 50% container perennials, 30% woody ornamentals & shrubs, 10% ornamental bedding plants, 10% flowewring potted plants |
| 41t | 41t | N.G. Heimos Greenhouses | FL | 1,500,000 | 50% ornamental bedding plants, 20% plugs and propagation, 15% flowering potted plants, 15% container perennials |
| 41t | 62 | Plant Marketing LLC | WI | 1,500,000 | 61% potted foliage, 39% ornamental bedding plants> |
| 41t | 35 | Van Wingerden International Inc. | NC | 1,500,000 | 75% ornamental bedding plants, 20% flowering potted plants, 5% potted foliage |
| 45t | 45t | Elzinga & Hoeksema Greenhouses | MI | 1,400,000 | 65% ornamental bedding plants, 20% organic herbs and veggies, 10% flowering potted plants, 5% plugs and propagation |
| 44t | 45t | Gallup & Stribling Orchids Inc. | CA | 1,400,000 | 50% flowering potted plants, 50% fresh cut flowers |
| 45t | 45t | Panzer Nursery | OR | 1,400,000 | 100% flowering potted plants |
| 48 | 54 | Bergen’s Greenhouses, Inc. | MN | 1,357,200 | 60% ornamental bedding plants, 19% container perennials, 10% flowering potted plants, 10% plugs and propagation |
| 49 | 51 | Young’s Plant Farm, Inc. | AL | 1,350,360 | 60% ornamental bedding plants, 30% flowering potted plants, 10% plugs and propagation |
| 50 | 52 | Burgett Geothermal Greenhouses | NM | 1,325,680 | 100% fresh cut flowers |
| 2009 Rank | 2008 Rank | Operation | State | Square Footage | Crop Breakdown |
| 51 | 53 | Aldershot of New Mexico Inc. | NM | 1,317,000 | 85% flowering potted plants, 5% potted foliage, 5% ornamental bedding plants, 5% container perennials |
| 52 | 78 | Dan Schantz Farm | PA | 1,315,992 | 51% flowering potted plants, 47% ornamental bedding plants, 1% vegetables, 0.05% plugs and propagation, 0.05% herbs |
| 53t | n/a | Four Star Greenhouses | MI | 1,306,800 | 60% plugs and propagation*, 40% ornamental bedding plants* |
| 53t | 55 | Johannes Flowers Inc. | CA | 1,306,800 | 100% fresh cut flowers |
| 55 | 43 | Dan & Jerry’s Greenhouse | MN | 1,300,000 | 85% ornamental bedding plants, 10% nursery crop, 5% flowering potted plants |
| 56 | 56 | Rockwell Farms Inc. | NC | 1,275,000 | 75% ornamental bedding plants, 15% flowering potted plants, 5% plugs and propagation, 5% herbs |
| 57 | 57 | Battlefield Farms | VA | 1,273,380 | 85% flowering potted plants, 10% container perennials, 5% potted foliage |
| 58 | 58 | Valley Flowers | CA | 1,240,000 | 100% fresh cut flowers |
| 59 | 61 | Garden State Growers | NJ | 1,200,000 | 50% flowering potted plants, 50% container perennials |
| 60 | 59 | Green Valley Growers | TX | 1,180,000 | 20% ornamental bedding plants, 20% plugs and propagation, 15% container perennials, 15% woody ornamentals, 15% other, 10% flowering potted plants, 5% potted foliage |
| 61 | 60 | Pacifica Flowers | CA | 1,176,120 (44.4%) | 100% fresh cut flowers |
| 62t | 83t | Dramm & Echter Inc. | CA | 1,100,000 (18%) | 100% fresh cut flowers |
| 62t | 36 | Timberline Nursery Inc. | TX | 1,100,000 | 85% ornamental bedding plants, 15% flowering potted plants |
| 64 | 66 | Sawyer Nursery | MI | 1,059,076 | 80% container perennials, 20% plugs and propagation |
| 65 | 63 | Henry Mast Greenhouses/Masterpiece Flower Co LLC | MI | 1,050,000 | 66% ornamental bedding plants, 25% flowering potted plants, 8% plugs and propagation, 1% container perennials |
| 66 | 72 | Hiebert Greenhouse of South Dakota | SD | 1,047,644 | 55% ornamental bedding plants, 15% flowering potted plants, 15% container perennials, 7% vegetables, 3% herbs, 2% potted foliage, 2% woody ornamentals, 1% plugs and propagation |
| 67 | 64 | Alex R. Masson | KS | 1,045,440 | 85% flowering potted plants, 15% potted foliage |
| 68 | 65 | Heartland Growers | IN | 1,043,360 | 65% ornamental bedding plants, 25% flowering potted plants, 5% potted foliage, 5% plugs and propagation |
| 69 | 67 | Young’s Nursery & Greenhouses | TN | 1,009,000 | 55% ornamental bedding plants, 20% flowering potted plants, 18% plugs and propagation, 5% potted foliage, 2% container perennials |
| 70t | 68t | Kitayama Brothers | CA | 1,000,000* | 100% fresh cut flowers* |
| 70t | 68t | Sunshine Floral Inc. | CA | 1,000,000 | 100% fresh cut flowers |
| 70t | 68t | Welby Gardens Co. Inc. | CO | 1,000,000 | 69% ornamental bedding plants, 16% container perennials, 10% plugs and propagation, 2% vegetables, 2% flowering potted plants, 1% herbs |
| 73 | 68t | Kent’s Bromeliads Nursery Inc. | CA | 975,000 | 100% flowering potted plants |
| 74 | 73 | Maria Gardens Greenhouses Inc. | OH | 914,700 | 55% ornamental bedding plants, 20% flowering potted plants, 20% potted foliage, 5% container perennials |
| 75 | 80t | Dewar Nurseries | FL | 914,000 | 57% flowering potted plants, 39% woody ornamentals, 2% container perennials, 1% potted foliage, 1% vegetables |
| 2009 Rank | 2008 Rank | Operation | State | Square Footage | Crop Breakdown |
| 76 | 74 | Harts Nursery | OR | 900,000 | 78% ornamental bedding plants, 20% container perennials, 2% herbs |
| 77 | 75 | Petitti Garden Center (Casa Verde) | OH | 895,000 | 55% ornamental bedding plants, 35% container perennials, 8% vegetables, 2% herbs |
| 78 | 77 | Richardson Bros. Inc. | IL | 892,980* | 53% ornamental bedding plants*, 30% flowering potted plants*, 15% plugs and propagation*, 2% potted foliage* |
| 79 | 79 | Van de Wetering Greenhouses Inc. | NY | 880,000 | 70% plugs and propagation, 20% flowering potted plants, 10% ornamental bedding plants |
| 80t | n/a | Bailey Nurseries | MN | 871,200 | 92% woody ornamentals, 6% ornamental bedding plants, 2% plugs and propagation |
| 80t | 80t | O.F. Nelson & Sons Nursery Inc. | FL | 871,200 | 100% flowering potted plants |
| 82 | 85 | White’s Nursery & Greenhouses Inc. | VA | 860,000 | 72% flowering potted plants, 25% ornametnal bedding plants, 2% herbs, 1% vegetables |
| 83t | 82 | Armstrong Growers | CA | 851,000 | 45% ornamental bedding plants, 36% flowering potted plants, 6% container perennials, 5% other, 4% woody ornamentals, 2% herbs, 2% vegetables |
| 83t | 89 | Twixwood Nursery LLC | MI | 851,000 | 50% container perennials, 40% plugs and propagation, 5% other, 3% woody ornamentals, 2% herbs |
| 85 | 86 | Kube-Pak | NJ | 850,040 | 49% ornamental bedding plants, 32% plugs and propagation material, 10% flowering potted plants, 5% container perennials, 2% vegetables, 1% potted foliage, 1% herbs |
| 87 | 83t | Blue Ridge Growers | VA | 850,000 | 63% ornamental bedding plants, 20% flowering potted plants, 15% plugs and propagation, 2% herbs and perennials |
| 87 | 92 | Bob’s Market & Greenhouses Inc. | WV | 833,443 | 50% plugs and propagation, 33% ornamental bedding plants, 17% flowering potted plants |
| 88 | 90 | Grower Direct Farms | CT | 790,000 | 70% ornamental bedding plants, 20% flowering potted plants, 5% container perennials, 5% plugs and propagation |
| 89 | 88 | Cuthbert Greenhouse | OH | 782,000 | 60% ornamental bedding plants, 20% flowering potted plants, 10% potted foliage, 10% plugs and propagation |
| 90 | 100 | Lucas Greenhouses | NJ | 770,000 | 52% flowering potted plants, 40% plugs and propagation, 8% ornamental bedding plants |
| 91 | 91 | California Pajarosa | CA | 765,576 | 100% fresh cut flowers |
| 92 | 93 | Olive Hill Greenhouses, Inc. | CA | 760,000 | 55% flowering potted plants, 45% potted foliage |
| 93 | n/a | Stacy’s Greenhouses, Inc. | SC | 756,960 | 85% plugs and propagation, 8% container perennials, 7% ornamental bedding plants |
| 94 | 94 | Silver Terrace Nursery | CA | 750,000* | 100% fresh cut flowers* |
| 95 | 95 | Myriad Flowers International | CA | 740,520 | 100% fresh cut flowers |
| 96 | 98 | Nash Greenhouses | MI | 720,000 | 50% ornamental bedding plants, 40% flowering potted plants, 5% plugs and propagation material, 2% potted foliage, 2% vegetables, 1% herbs |
| 97 | 96 | Riverview Flower Farm | FL | 718,740 | 50% container perennials, 50% ornamental bedding plants |
| 98 | 45t | Farmers’ West Flowers & Bouquets, Inc. | CA | 712,000 | 97% fresh cut flowers, 2% plugs and propagation, 1% flowering potted plants |
| 99t | 87 | Esbenshades Greenhouses | PA | 700,000 | 54% ornamental bedding plants, 30% flowering potted, 8% plugs and propagation, 8% container perennials |
| 99t | n/a | Knox Nursery | FL | 700,000 | 70% plugs and propagation, 25% ornamental bedding plants, 5% flowering potted plants |
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