Agriculture Reference
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(a)
(b)
Figure 2.24
(a) A range of cut fl owers; (b) begonia and kalanchoe pot plants
Table 2.6
The 13 major producers of decorative plants
(in billions of US dollars) representing about 50% of
total world production in 2009
Table 2.7
Value of decorative plant exports from
Holland to 13 countries (in billions of US dollars)
representing 85% of the country's sales
Producer
Tonnes (m)
Country
Value of exports (bn)
Holland
10.5
Germany
2.7
Colombia
1.5
Britain and Ireland
1.1
Belgium
1.5
France
1.1
Germany
1.5
Italy
0.8
Italy
1.5
Belgium
0.8
Denmark
0.7
Russia
0.8
Ecuador
0.6
Poland
0.4
Kenya
0.5
Denmark
0.3
USA
0.4
Sweden
0.3
Zimbabwe
0.4
Austria
0.3
Spain
0.3
Switzerland
0.3
Canada
0.3
Spain
0.3
France
0.2
USA
0.3
X
Cut fl owers - US $7.3bn (42% of total sales)
X
Live plants and cuttings - US $7.3bn (42% of total
sales)
X
Bulbs and corms - US $1.5bn (9% of total sales)
X
Foliage - US $1.2bn (7% of total sales)
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
(2012)
Harvesting the Sun: A Profile of World
Horticulture
. Online: www.harvestingthesun.org.
ISHS.
Musgrave, T., Gardener, C. and Musgrave, W. (1998)
The Plant Hunters
. Ward Lock.
RHS (n.d.) Hardiness ratings. Online: www.rhs.org.
uk/Plants/Plant-trials-and-awards/pdf/2012_RHS-
Hardiness-Rating. RHS.
Whittle, T. (1997)
The Plant Hunters.
Lyons Press.
Further reading
Cox, P. and Hutchison, P. (2008)
Seeds of Adventure
.
Garden Art Press.
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