More than six years ago the decision was made to convert the greenhouses for growing salads into edible flower production; the product is grown soilless in substrate bins to facilitate the manual harvest; we produce about 16 varieties of edible flowers in over 40 colors on over 30,000 square meters of greenhouses.
The flowers are not organic only because they are grown off the ground and the current organic legislation does not allow this practice. We produce 12 months a year thanks to the protected cultivation, the greenhouses are heated during the winter and shaded during the hot summer periods.
After harvesting, the flowers are placed directly inside r-PET trays (RECYCLED PLASTIC) which allow them to be kept for over 10 days after harvest if properly stored in the refrigerator.
The product is shipped in a few hours from the harvest to the main Italian fruit and vegetable markets, to various national and European large-scale retailers and through our online shop; two years ago we implemented the transformation of the flower through the use of a Swiss patented dehydrator that works at a temperature below 30 ° C and allows the product to maintain color and shape. The process lasts an average of 36 hours and a product with a residual level of humidity between 2/3% is obtained.
The main consumers of flowers are operators in the ho.re.ca world who use it in “gourmet” preparations of cooking and pastry and as a natural “garnish” in the world of cocktails and mixing.
OUR COLLECTIONS
ICONIC
Violet – Available all year round, it has a fresh and spring flavor, very delicate. Light fragrance. Over 15 colors available. Mixed flowers – Available all year round, they are made with different varieties according to the season SPRING | SUMMER
Dalie – Available in spring and summer. Flower suitable to be spetalated and as a garnish in oriental cuisine. Very delicate scent. Available colors pink, purple, yellow / orange, orange / red Carnation – Available from spring to early autumn, it has a spicy and floral fragrance. Spetalate should be used. Available colors pink, red, white, peach, white-burgundy.
Agerate – Soft and shaggy unscented flower, available in purple, burgundy, white.
Lion mouths – Available from spring to early autumn. It is a fleshy and unscented flower, it is multicolored.
Calendules – Available from spring to early autumn, it is a slightly fragrant and spicy flower, available in yellow and orange. Spetalate use
Tagete – Available from spring to early autumn, it is a flower with an intense and characteristic scent. Spetalate use. Yellow and red color.
Nasturtium – Available in both leaves and flowers. The scent is very floral, the raw leaves are slightly spicy. Available colors yellow and orange.
Daisies | Giant daisies – Available from spring to early autumn, very delicate herbaceous and slightly alcoholic scent. Available in purple, lilac, white, yellow, yellow-red colors. Spetalate use Geraneo – Available from spring to autumn. Intense and pun- gent aroma. Available in red, pink, pink mottled red, white mottled red.
Pon-Pon daisies – Available in spring until early autumn, herbaceous scent, available colors white, light pink, dark pink.
Fuchsia – Available from spring to autumn. Fleshy unscented flower. Available colors fuchsia-purple, pink-white. PRIMULES – Available from late winter to mid-spring, it is a delicate flower with a light scent. Available colors yellow, fuchsia, pink, purple, orange, red, burgundy.
Rose – Available from late spring to autumn, the flower comes in buds with the typical fragrance. Available colors red, yellow, white, peach, pink, fuchsia.
Begonia – Available from spring, it is a fleshy, very delicate and unscented flower. Only available in red. Guinea Impantiens – Available from the end of spring, very delicate and unscented flower. Available colors pink, red, purple, white.
