Our production

Ciccolella: grower of roses and anthuriums

Ciccolella is an important grower of roses and anthuriums. Our products are well-known for their quality and beauty. In Italy, the family-run company has been cultivating a large assortment of roses since the 1970s in the greenhouses of the southern Italian province of Bari. Production of anthuriums was added in 2000. At this moment, Ciccolella has more than 100 hectares of greenhouses and cultivates 45 different varieties of roses and 63 varieties of anthuriums.

Our greenhouses in Italy

Molfetta
It is the first production site Ciccolella family realized in the 70s. The main crops are cut roses and anthuria andreanum. The surface covers a total of 21.42 hectares of which 5 hectares are cultivated with anthuria, 16.42 hectares with roses. This production site hosts the “serra vetrina”, a display glasshouse where variety selection activities are carried out and where it is possible to admire the most beautiful varieties of roses and anthuria destined for future production.

Melfi
Productive plant realized in 2006. Cut roses and ornamental foliage are grown. The surface covers a total of 28 hectares of which 21 hectares are dedicated to the cultivation of cut roses and 7 hectares to ornamental foliage. The greenhouses benefit from a co-generation heating system, which uses waste hot water conveyed from the nearby Edison power plant. This is the largest plant in Europe for the production of cut roses.

Candela
Also in Puglia in Candela, province of Foggia, is located the most recent productive plant realized in 2007. Cut roses and anthuria are cultivated. The surface covers a total of 85 hectares and is the largest and most technologically advanced floriculture plant of Europe. Like in Melfi, greenhouses use a co-generation heating system.