Palm Island Nursery

My little boy and I stopped by Palm Island Nursery this weekend to pick up a 5 gallon mule palm for the front yard. Dale has one of the few nurseries in the Bay Area with the mule palm (looks like a coconut tree!), and his price was very reasonable, considering its rarity.
A year ago, I also purchased two 15 gallon queen palms from him, which he delivered to my home, also at a reasonable cost.
I’d say he’s very reliable, honest, and knowledgeable about creating a beautiful leafy green tropical experience in our Northern Cal yard. He gave me good tips on fertilizing and maintaining my palms too. He has a pretty big inventory, is very friendly, and I’d recommend him.

Buyers Beware! This company was given over $ 74,000.00 for 2 Palm Trees (that is not a typo) and they refuse to deliver based on our original terms. DO NOT give them money until they deliver material to you or they will try and get you to pay more money than what you agreed for bogus charges like «storage fees» and they are even trying to charge us interest in our own money –unbelievable!

It’s located just outside the main area of Vacaville, and is a short drive from downtown. I was impressed at the maturity and amount of selection he had. We went to another bamboo seller located in Davis called Davis Bamboo, and while the owner was very knowledgeable and helpful, his prices and quality of bamboo being in fairly poor condition were turn offs. It’s also worth noting that as far as bamboo prices are concerned (that’s all we bought), the prices were considerably lower for the maturity/​height and size of the bamboo that we could find elsewhere, including nearby and online. A bamboo enthusiast had e-​mailed me a response, telling me that black bamboo in a 8×2×2 water trough container would probably max out around 15 feet in this area due to root constraints. Well, the bamboo we purchased had already met this height, if not surpassed it!
We met with Dale, the owner of Palm Island Nursery earlier this spring. We had mentioned we were interested in creating a bamboo privacy screen around two corners of our patio. He invited us to come take a look (by appointment) and that he’d show us around his supply of bamboo.
So when we met with him, we still had a few questions and he said well why don’t I just show you some examples of mature bamboo. We followed him to his house, and wow does this man have some bamboo growing on his property. At least half a dozen mature varieties all over his yard. The fact that he was willing to show us his own bamboo with a tour and actual examples of height/​spread in this climate area definitely impressed me.
We thanked him for his time and it wasn’t until last week that we went and finally bought some bamboo from him. He gave us a bulk discount and delivered it the next day. He helped me drag them into our backyard and set them up against the fence.
If you’re in the area and looking for bamboo, coming here is a no brainer. Service and price can’t be beat. He had a lot of palms too, some that were towering overhead. I’ll try to attach a few pictures of the bamboo purchased.

i havent been here in a long time, so my review my be a little off. these guys sell palms primarily (duh). most of their stuff is brokered, so the prices are a little bit high, but then, this is sonoma county and palm growers are a little hard to come by. they do have a nice selection of hardy palms and some other tropicals to choose from. you can get them in 1g size up to 40′ tall specimens. they have or can get the Phoenix canariensis and the Jubaea chilensis, for a pretty penny. i remember this place not looking wonderful which why i am only give them a 4. i felt that there should have been a better display garden. the greenhouses were very monochromatic in their arrangement, but then this is just nitpicking. really you go to nurseries to get good plant material, which they have dont get me wrong, but it makes it that much better if it all is pretty to look at.