Kankakee Nursery

Kankakee Nursery 2,500-acre wholesale grower of exceptional B&B and container trees and evergreens since 1925. Shipping throughout USA and Canada.

Over 95+ years, Kankakee Nursery has grown from 20 acres to over 2500 acres, with hundreds of thousands of plants in production and shipping available throughout the USA and Canada. What started as two high school buddies trying to support themselves through the Great Depression now supports around 100 Kankakee families, many of whom have been with us for multiple decades. Big, however, is not wha

t we’re about. We’ve grown because we’ve had great employees and great customers. We try to treat everyone well and with respect. We believe our relationships with our customers are lasting because we provide them with quality service and plant materials, efficient delivery, understanding of their needs and a commitment to be the best we can be.

Feast your eyes on some of the best of the best at Kankakee available now! Message us to get your next truck of fresh to...
05/27/2026

Feast your eyes on some of the best of the best at Kankakee available now! Message us to get your next truck of fresh top-quality Kankakee plants on its way to your door!

Shown here:

8’ Pyramidal Arb
#25 Bur Oak
#25 Cornus Kousa
#20 Spring Snow Crabapple
4” Swamp White Oak
7’ Ivory Silk Lilac clump
5-6’ Amelanchier canadensis
6’ Emerald Arborvitae
25 Heritage River Birch
6’ Eastern Red Cedar

🚨🚨SALE ENDING TODAY🚨🚨Today Friday 5/8 is the LAST day to take advantage of our 2.5” Ornamental Special! Kankakee has mul...
05/08/2026

🚨🚨SALE ENDING TODAY🚨🚨

Today Friday 5/8 is the LAST day to take advantage of our 2.5” Ornamental Special! Kankakee has multiple varieties of pristine flowering Crabapples like these Red Jewels above ground and ready to ship. European Hornbeams and Flowering Hawthorn are also available at great pricing, but orders must be in by end of day today!

Assorted Crabapples (Adams, Donald Wyman, Red Jewel, Red Barron, Sugar Tyme) 2.5 $115
Rockhampton Red Hornbeam 2.5” $175
Winter King and Russian Hawthorn 2.5” $155

Stay tuned for next week’s above ground special! 👀👀

Also shown: scenes from the early May loading dock!

03/26/2026

Hello friends, our phone lines and internet are currently down. Please message us if you need to get in touch and we will respond as soon as possible.

We will keep you updated on the situation but hope to have it resolved shortly.

03/11/2026
🌳SPRING HAS SPRUNG🌳Message us for info on placing your Kankakee spring order!
03/09/2026

🌳SPRING HAS SPRUNG🌳

Message us for info on placing your Kankakee spring order!

02/24/2026

See you tomorrow !

Kankakee is Cruisin’ the World at   !This classic arcade game will reside with us for the duration of the show, so cruis...
02/23/2026

Kankakee is Cruisin’ the World at !

This classic arcade game will reside with us for the duration of the show, so cruise over to Booth 1720 and race your way through Times Square, Big Ben, the Egyptian Pyramids and more!

Prizes will be awarded to top times at the end of the show each day!

Warmer temps this week have us thinking spring digging which is just under 3 weeks away!Here’s a few unique Kankakee tre...
02/17/2026

Warmer temps this week have us thinking spring digging which is just under 3 weeks away!

Here’s a few unique Kankakee trees that are still available for spring!

1. Skinny Latte Coffeetree (Kankakee is one of the first nurseries in the country to grow and propagate this upright Coffeetree cultivar!)
2. Sucker Punch Chokecherry (sucker-free Prunus variety with improved branching structure over Canada Red)
3. Gladiator Crabapple (columnar crab variety with striking pink flowers in spring and disease-resistant, glossy, dark purple foliage throughout summer)
4. Spaeth’s Alder (fast-growing cultivar with excellent uniformity and branch structure and same, plus cool Alder fruit)

Message us to start or add to your spring order!

Bare root trees have arrived at Kankakee, which means the new year is officially  underway! Our guys are meticulously ro...
02/16/2026

Bare root trees have arrived at Kankakee, which means the new year is officially underway! Our guys are meticulously root pruning our new tree liner arrivals in our cold storage facility to make sure they are ready to flourish once they are planted in the ground or in pots this spring.

 has begun! Catch us in Booth  #348!
02/04/2026

has begun! Catch us in Booth #348!

Address

4801 S 3250E Road
Saint Anne, IL
60964

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 4pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 4pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 4pm
Thursday 7:30am - 4pm
Friday 7:30am - 4pm

Telephone

+18159379358

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