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Top-selling Flowers

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Published May 3 2011 10:23AM EDT

galleries/2011/05/03/top-selling-flowers/top-selling-flowers---gerbera-daisies_ki0xls — Lindsay Pierce, The Daily Times / AP Photo

galleries/2011/05/03/top-selling-flowers/top-selling-flowers---gerbera-daisies_cv3q0r — Stems sold at wholesale: 113,967,000
Value of sales: $34,388,000
Number of growers: 748
Lindsay Pierce, The Daily Times / AP Photo

galleries/2011/05/03/top-selling-flowers/top-selling-flowers---lillies_atomiy — Stems sold at wholesale: 113,162,000
Value of sales: $77,382,000
Number of growers: 102
Tom Marks / Corbis

galleries/2011/05/03/top-selling-flowers/top-selling-flowers---tulips_pg8cpj — Stems sold at wholesale: 142,592,000
Value of sales: $48,733,000
Number of growers: 66
Rick Bowmer / AP Photo

galleries/2011/05/03/top-selling-flowers/top-selling-flowers---iris_tosfox — Stems sold at wholesale: 83,246,000
Value of sales: $18,853,000
Number of growers: 71
Mark Bolton / Corbis

galleries/2011/05/03/top-selling-flowers/top-selling-flowers---roses_wjldpv — Stems sold at wholesale: 83,391,000
Value of sales: $31,362,000
Number of growers: 45
Mark Lennihan / AP Photo

galleries/2011/05/03/top-selling-flowers/top-selling-flowers---gladioli_vcqauy — Stems sold at wholesale: 88,858,000
Value of sales: $19,975,000
Number of growers: 38
Keith Szafranski

galleries/2011/05/03/top-selling-flowers/top-selling-flowers---snapdragons_b47j28 — Stems sold at wholesale: 46,387,000
Value of sales: $12,222,000
Number of growers: 85

galleries/2011/05/03/top-selling-flowers/top-selling-flowers---lisianthus_owbhol — Stems sold at wholesale: 10,096,000
Value of sales: $3,974,000
Number of growers: 851

galleries/2011/05/03/top-selling-flowers/top-selling-flowers---orchids_m0rlnk — Stems sold at wholesale: 9,463,000
Value of sales: $7,127,000
Number of growers: 555
Richard Drew / AP Photo

galleries/2011/05/03/top-selling-flowers/top-selling-flowers---larkspur_bvvge4 — Stems sold at wholesale: 33,940,000
Value of sales: $7,987,000
Number of growers: 64

galleries/2011/05/03/top-selling-flowers/top-selling-flowers---alstroemeria_zelzvc — Stems sold at wholesale: 9,856,000
Value of sales: $2,189,000
Number of growers: 534

galleries/2011/05/03/top-selling-flowers/top-selling-flowers---chrysanthemums_qmw7jz — Stems sold at wholesale: 10,832,000
Value of sales: $15,193,000
Number of growers: 32
Clive Nichols / Corbis

galleries/2011/05/03/top-selling-flowers/top-selling-flowers---carnations_t2bmql — Stems sold at wholesale: 5,762,000
Value of sales: $1,109,000
Number of growers: 21
Shizuo Kambayashi / AP Photo