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RE: [GWL]: Top Selling Trees and Shrubs

Tom,
Thanks for that great data.  Is the 16 million birch trees a good figure?
Everything else is under 3 million.  I wonder why arborvitae is not included
since I see it everywhere.  Also I find that only 1000 Japanese Maples are
sold; I guess because they are tough to grow in clay Michigan's favorite
growing media.  Nancy and I are going to the annual Michigan Nurserymen and
Landscaper's Association trade show in Lansing on Wednesday.  We will be
able to talk to their staff and see what else they might have.  Fascinating
stuff.  Thanks again.
Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Ogren [t*@earthlink.net]
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 2:47 PM
To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
Subject: Re: [GWL]: Top Selling Trees and Shrubs

Jeff,
    Yes, there is a national published list, and it includes all the
horticultural sales data, per year, state by state. In Michigan $66,900,000
worth of nursery stock (retail) was sold per the last available data (1998).
This data is always a few years old when released.
    Some other Michigan data: 972,000 pine trees sold, 926,000 spruce trees,
1,477,000 yews, 2,860,000 deciduous shrubs, 310,000 roses, 5,697,000 nut and
fruit trees, 38,000 ash trees (not broken down per cultivar unfortunately),
16,755,000 birch trees, 12,000 Honey Locust, 13,000 linden-basswood, 1,000
Japanese Maples, 35,000 Norway Maples, 27,000 Red maples, 23,000 sugar
maples, 16,000 "other" maples, 63,000 oaks, 12,000 poplars, 2,000 sweetgums,
    12,000 willow, and 77,000 "other" deciduous shade trees, plus 223,000
deciduous flowering trees.

    Perhaps if you go to your own state nursery association, you can get
more detailed data? I collect data like this often by calling or writing
directly to individual city arborists.

Tom Ogren
www.allergyfree-gardening.com
tloallergyfree@earthlink.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Ball" <jeffball@starband.net>
To: <Gardenwriters@topica.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 9:37 AM
Subject: [GWL]: Top Selling Trees and Shrubs


> Nancy and I are embarking on a new book about Trees and Shrubs in
Michigan.
> We have a goodly number of expert contacts who can tell us what trees and
> shrubs are the best sellers in the big garden centers of Michigan.  My
> question to the gang is whether there is a published list by anyone or any
> organization noting the top selling plants and their varieties on the
> national market.  Of course it includes arborvitae and yew, but then what
> are the top varieties? (grin).
> Jeff Ball
>
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