Brussel's Black Olive Indoor Bonsai Tree

• Black Olive Bonsai; tropical, indoor tree
• Small leaves, irregular branches
• Open foliage offers clear view of trunk line
• Grown under carefully controlled conditions
• 6 years old, 10 to 14 inches tall; 10-inch glazed rectangular pot

Deceiving advertisement!:
I received the bonsai in 3 days as promised. However, the tree is only about 8 inches tall (not 10 to 14 inches as stated) and the pot is a 6 inch round bowl (not 10 inch rectangular glazed pot as stated). I am very disappointed and will never buy trees from this seller again.

Beautiful Olive tree:
Again Brussel's did a great job of packaging. Very fast shipping. Mine dosn't have flowers on it yet, but it's pretty to look at. This is the fourth tree I have bought from them, I have not been disappointed yet!! Their trees are very healthy & priced well.

tree-by-mail still ahead of its time ?:
received promptly & very well packed... looked good upon arrival -- albeit younger, smaller, & scawnier than advertised/pictured... but suddenly turned brown and started losing leaves within the first 24 hours... dehydrated or frozen in transit ? soil seemed poor -- maybe too *much* drainage ? seemed hydrophobic and disinclined to wet... also, leaf and bark seemed uncharacteristic for a black olive, but that is probably just my ignorance showing... shipping right to our front door was great, but having to ship it back involved some hassle... Amazon was exceptionally good about processing the return

sad looking tree - UPDATE:
I received this about the same time I received two other bonsai from Amazon, the other two were very nice, but this one did not look well to start and has gone downhill since. update 10-30-08 So I had purchased this item and it arrived well pack but struggled for about 4-5 months then all of a sudden there was new growth everywhere, and then little flowers. I was amazed of the fast growth and now there are olives starting to grow. All I can say if yours is struggle, give it time, fertilizer, water and sunlight and it should come back...

Great gift!:
I sent this black olive bonsai as a gift to my Dad. He really enjoys his miniature roses and other container plants. I thought he might like a bonsai as well. Shipping was extremely fast! The package arrived in only a couple of days and my Dad was thrilled with his new bonsai. He mentioned that it has little thorns, which he really liked. I would definitely order another bonsai as a gift! Or maybe one for myself :-)