Vilmorin & Cie creates, produces, and distributes vegetable and field seeds. It provides vegetable seeds, such as tomato, sweet and hot pepper, onion, watermelon, carrot, cucumber, melon, lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, sweet corn, bean, kabocha and summer squash, mustard-spinach, tomatillo, etc.; and field seeds for farmers, including corn, wheat, sunflower, rapeseed, barley, rice, soybean, millet, and pulse. The company also offers garden products comprising vegetable, flower, and lawn seeds, as well as related products, such as flower bulbs, potting soil, and garden equipment to gardeners. It operates in Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania. Vilmorin & Cie was formerly known as Vilmorin Clause & Cie SA and changed its name to Vilmorin & Cie in July 2006. The company was founded in 1743 and is headquartered in Paris, France. Vilmorin & Cie operates as a subsidiary of Groupe Limagrain Holding SA.