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Where to buy plants in Evanston, IL: big-box vs. independent

Evanston, IL has 14 independent nurseries and 2 big-box garden centers in this directory's own classification. Independent, big-box, and grower are separate business-structure categories on file for each listing, not a ranking of one over another.

Independent, named

Plus 11 more in the listings below.

Big-box, named

Growing conditions

USDA zone shown is real for Evanston's most common ZIP code; no NOAA station has matched closely enough to compute frost dates or a monthly calendar here yet.

USDA hardiness zone
6a
Avg. minimum winter temp
-10°F

What's plantable right now

Our frost-relative planting windows don't apply here: we don't have frost-date data for this ZIP.

Planting windows and crop timing here are computed from USDA/NOAA climate data and the university extension sources cited below, not a site visit or soil test. Treat this as a starting point: local conditions vary, and a local nursery or extension office can advise on your exact site. See our full Disclaimer.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. 1 listing in Evanston has no mapped coordinates yet.

Independent

Evanston Lands

5.0 ★ (5 Google reviews) as of 2026-08-06

2504 Gross Point Rd, Evanston, IL 60201

Licence: not checked, no IL registry held

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Independent

May Floral

5.0 ★ (10 Google reviews) as of 2026-08-06

1705 Simpson St, Evanston, IL 60201

Licence: not checked, no IL registry held

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Big Box Big Box

The Home Depot

4.2 ★ (1,750 Google reviews) as of 2026-08-06

2201 Oakton St, Evanston, IL 60202

Licence: not checked, no IL registry held

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