The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company manufactures, markets, and sells consumer lawn and garden products worldwide. The company's Global Consumer segment offers lawn fertilizers, grass seed products, spreaders, other durable products, and outdoor cleaners, as well as lawn-related weed, pest, and disease control products; water soluble and continuous-release plant foods, potting mixes, garden soils, mulch and decorative groundcover products, landscape weed prevention products, plant-related pest and disease control products, organic garden products, live goods and seeding solutions, and hydroponic gardening products; and insect and rodent control products, and selective and non-selective weed control products to protect homes and maintain external home areas. This segment provides its products primarily under the Scotts, Turf Builder, EZ Seed, Water Smart, PatchMaster, EverGreen, Fertiligene, Substral, Miracle-Gro Patch Magic, Weedol, Pathclear, KB, Celaflor, EdgeGuard, Snap, Handy Green II, OxiClean, Miracle-Gro, Osmocote, Hyponex, Earthgro, SuperSoil, Ortho, Miracle-Gro Organic Choice, Nature's Care, Whitney Farms, EcoScraps, General Hydroponics, AeroGarden, Substral, ASEF, Scotts EcoSense, Naturen, Fafard, Tomcat, Roundup, Groundclear, Nexa Lotte, and Home Defence brand names. Its Scotts LawnService segment offers residential and commercial lawn care, tree and shrub care, and pest control services through the periodic applications of fertilizer and control products. As of September 30, 2015, this segment had 88 company-operated locations; and 94 independent franchisees operated locations. The company primarily serves home centers, mass merchandisers, warehouse clubs, large hardware chains, independent hardware stores, nurseries, garden centers, food and drug stores, and indoor gardening and hydroponic stores through a direct sales force and network of brokers and distributors. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Marysville, Ohio.
