Company Overview

Serving Your Floral Needs

Mellano & Company is a third generation family-owned and operated floral business. Since 1925, Mellano & Company has provided the freshest, highest quality products straight from our family farms. Today we invite you to experience our expanding line of floral services.

You can rely on Mellano to be your full line wholesaler, grower, shipper and importer of premium fresh flowers. Backed by our family traditions of service, you’ll be assured of dependability, quality, and more convenience than ever.

Growers

Our wholesale growing operation was founded in Los Angeles in 1925. Today, Mellano & Company farms more than 375 acres in San Luis Rey and 75 acres in Carlsbad. Year round, we produce and sell more than seven million bunches of fresh flowers and foliage from our fields located in the heart of the Southern region.

With two Ph.D.s and one Masters-level Horticulturist on staff, our crops are produced under the most advanced scientific and environmentally responsible conditions.

Wholesalers & Shippers

Direct from our growing operation in San Luis Rey, Mellano & Company ships products to wholesalers worldwide. In addition, we have full-service wholesale distribution centers at the Los Angeles Flower Market, the San Diego International Floral Trade Center, and Las Vegas, Nevada, servicing retailers throughout Southern California and Las Vegas.

Mellano & Company not only handles flowers from our own farm, but also products from throughout California and the United States.

State-of-the-Art Facilities

We adhere to strict post-harvest guidelines, ensuring you receive the utmost in freshness and quality. Flowers are packed, pre-cooled and prepared for shipment daily. We use more than 13,000 square feet of on-site computer monitored refrigeration, with a pre-cooling capacity of over 350 boxes per hour.

Importers

In addition to our domestic suppliers, we source products from South America, Holland, Australia, Mexico, Italy, and other countries throughout the world. Whether from our farms or farms around the world, you’re assured of the freshest, highest quality products available.