Customer Reviews

Brussel's Chinese Elm Bonsai

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Since the last review here is over 2 years old and since just 2 weeks ago (March 2010)I received a Brussel's Nursery Chinese Elm, I thought it timely to add my $.02 worth. I received my Brussel's Chinese Elm and it was packed very, very well. In fact it was a bit of a task to extract it from the tight fitting packing box. The tree and pot were undamaged and beautiful. One reviewer complained the tree did not look like the picture...well..of course not. Such living products are represented with a typical sample. My Brussel's Bonsai was a gift so I cannot truly say what the other reviewer saw beforehand or in their mind felt they would receive. I have spoken to Brussel's on the phone and IMHO they are a first rate Bonsai nursery (in Olive Branch,Mississippi) and are very dedicated to the Bonsai art form. My Chinese Elm is now 2 weeks old (even though it is a 10 yr old tree)and is doing well..no complaints here. I plan to grow it indoors under T5 bulbs...

We unfortunately just killed half our bonsai through neglecting watering it for way too long, and in mourning I wanted to come here and acknowledge what a great tree it's been. We got it 6 years ago, and in the interim we've had several times where we've lapsed on the care to the point of causing it to lose all its leaves - but each time, it bounced back and was just gorgeous. We've had a lot of joy from it, and it's been, frankly, really hard to kill.

The tree and pot which arrived were not the ones pictured. Also, the trunk has several indentions and rust spots from where improper wire was left on the trunk too long. I expected better.

Bought this as a requested gift. Kind of sick looking when I got it, but the receipant was thrilled with it.

The tree in the picture is full, colorful, and well healthy. The tree you receive will likely be none of these things. It will be alive, and may someday be like the one in your picture. However, the one in the picture is a $40 dollar tree, the one you receive is a $15 garage sale tree.

Great tree! Really thick trunk! And very fast shipping!!! But the tree did have a few wire marks! One was really bad.. I also found a piece of wire in one of the branches I had to pull out.. But other then the wire marks it is a really good tree!! Big and healthy...

Just out of box and most impressed. Mature tree, nice shape, good pot. A few rusty spots from wiring but a gentil scrub with a toothbrush fixed that.

I received this tree two days ago and noticed the pot was smashed inside the box. The soil was all over the bottom of the box as well. If just a little more time was taken to protect the bot then this would not have happened. I took the tree out of the old pot and also noticed that the wire used to hold the tree in place was digging into the tree really bad. This worries me as it was in the trunk about 1/4". I will be pushing for my money back AND I am not returning this junk.

when the item was received the pot was cracked in two places, rather then return it and hope the next one was OK, I patched it and plan to re-pot it!!I was not happy over the shipment being broken, but the plant is beautiful!!