The company developed around a solid family unit, now in its third generation,
and has always succeeded in combining a passionate enthusiasm for
plants with modern selection and improvement requirements. The demand
for our citrus plants extends beyond Italy and all over Europe. All
those who come to visit our greenhouses, even out of simple curiosity,
are always amazed by the vitality and abundance of these plants.
Citrus plants are not ordinary seasonal flowering plants but plants that
require love and care over time - a certain amount of specific maintenance
is therefore necessary.
Years of experience in this sector and our desire to see the plants flourish
even after they leave our greenhouses enable us to provide highly selected
citrus plants that can guarantee healthy and luxuriant growth over time,
as well as information and specific products for this purpose.
Our book "Ornamental Citrus Plants", and our products "Chicchi
di Sole" fertiliser and "La terra dei nostri agrumi", are
a way to make the information and products we use every day in the greenhouses
available to all our clients, so that all citrus plant lovers can become
more familiar and confident with the daily care these plants require. Our next objective is to recover and collect a huge number of old varieties
of citrus plants, putting together a "past and future" documentation
centre which will recreate the atmosphere of the Medici gardens on our
own land. In other words, we aim to become a meeting point for all those
interested in growing ornamental citrus plants, not just as a gardening
exercise but
in order to promote and rediscover their fragrance, flavour and meaning.
Our Story
The
story of our estate is also our family's story.
For years our ancestors devoted themselves with love, enthusiasm and sacrifice,
to traditional farming, in full respect of the natural laws governing the earth's
productive cycle.
After the 1950s, cut flower production became the Pescia area's main business
and like many others, we also specialised in growing flowers.
This enabled us to buy the Via Tiro a Segno property in 1963, which is still
the home of our business today.
A beautiful Tuscan lemon tree covered the entire southern wall of the old farmhouse
on the estate. Grandfather Oscar Tintori used to enjoy growing new lemon trees
in pots from cuttings taken from this wonderful espalier, which still enjoys
robust health today. He would give them as gifts to friends and relatives.
At one of the first editions of the Biennale del Fiore Fair in Pescia, we added
some of Oscar's lemon trees to our cut flowers stand.
They were so popular, and drew so much attention, that we decided to try to grow
and sell ornamental citrus plants.
In the 1970s, after growing both citrus plants and flowers for some time, we
made a courageous choice: to abandon flower growing in order to devote ourselves
wholly to the production of ornamental citrus plants. This decision was laden
with risks, but thanks to the extensive knowledge we had acquired over the years,
it would allow Tintori to become an important name in the sector.
Three generations of the Tintori family have worked - and continue to work -
together to make sure this choice is still the right one, and that we live up
to the expectations of our clients.
The company developed around a solid family unit, now in its third generation,
and has always succeeded in combining a passionate enthusiasm for
plants with modern selection and improvement requirements. The demand
for our citrus plants extends beyond Italy and all over Europe. All
those who come to visit our greenhouses, even out of simple curiosity,
are always amazed by the vitality and abundance of these plants.
Citrus plants are not ordinary seasonal flowering plants but plants that
require love and care over time - a certain amount of specific maintenance
is therefore necessary.
Years of experience in this sector and our desire to see the plants flourish
even after they leave our greenhouses enable us to provide highly selected
citrus plants that can guarantee healthy and luxuriant growth over time,
as well as information and specific products for this purpose.
Our book "Ornamental Citrus Plants", and our products "Chicchi
di Sole" fertiliser and "La terra dei nostri agrumi", are
a way to make the information and products we use every day in the greenhouses
available to all our clients, 
so that all citrus plant lovers can become
more familiar and confident with the daily care these plants require. Our next objective is to recover and collect a huge number of old varieties
of citrus plants, putting together a "past and future" documentation
centre which will recreate the atmosphere of the Medici gardens on our
own land. In other words, we aim to become a meeting point for all those
interested in growing ornamental citrus plants, not just as a gardening
exercise but
in order to promote and rediscover their fragrance, flavour and meaning.
The
story of our estate is also our family's story.
For years our ancestors devoted themselves with love, enthusiasm and sacrifice,
to traditional farming, in full respect of the natural laws governing the earth's
productive cycle.
After the 1950s, cut flower production became the Pescia area's main business
and like many others, we also specialised in growing flowers.
This enabled us to buy the Via Tiro a Segno property in 1963, which is still
the home of our business today.
A beautiful Tuscan lemon tree covered the entire southern wall of the old farmhouse
on the estate. Grandfather Oscar Tintori used to enjoy growing new lemon trees
in pots from cuttings taken from this wonderful espalier, which still enjoys
robust health today. He would give them as gifts to friends and relatives.
At one of the first editions of the Biennale del Fiore Fair in Pescia, we added
some of Oscar's lemon trees to our cut flowers stand.
They were so popular, and drew so much attention, that we decided to try to grow
and sell ornamental citrus plants.
In the 1970s, after growing both citrus plants and flowers for some time, we
made a courageous choice: to abandon flower growing in order to devote ourselves
wholly to the production of ornamental citrus plants. This decision was laden
with risks, but thanks to the extensive knowledge we had acquired over the years,
it would allow Tintori to become an important name in the sector.
Three generations of the Tintori family have worked - and continue to work -
together to make sure this choice is still the right one, and that we live up
to the expectations of our clients.
