Brussel's CT0116FT Fukien Tea Bonsai |  | Brand: Brussel's Bonsai
Category: Lawn & Patio
List Price: $64.00
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Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 12101
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7
Dimensions (in): 14 x 10.5 x 9.5
Model: CT0116FT
UPC: 782819002689
EAN: 0782819002689
ASIN: B0000DGFCO
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| Features:
| • | Tropical beauty - indoor bonsai | | • | Custom curved trunk and tiny white blooms | | • | Imported from southern China | | • | 6 years old; 11 inches tall | | • | Carmona microphylla |
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Product Description
Our Fukien Teas come from China and exhibit superior trunk movement. The irregular surface of the bark gives the appearance of age after only a few years. These trees produce small white blooms, which are followed by shiny red berries.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 6
 Awesome Tree February 21, 2006
Nicholas E. Brazzale (Cheyenne, WY)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Brussels does a very good job of packaging and shipping their trees. It came in perfect condition. This is my very first bonsai tree and I almost lost it due to a lack of watering. You must keep this tree watered or it will drop all of it leaves. These trees are very hardy and are capable of recovering from mistakes like these as long as the mistake is not too prolonged. The fukien tea is an awesome indoor tree, but you must take care of it!
Nice Tree July 2, 2009
Utah Mike
Tree arrived shrink-wrapped and strapped to the bottom of a large box filled with packing (very impressive packing). The tree was healthy and the soil was still moist, if anything it had too much soil. I took a fork and scooped out a good bit of soil so as not to have a huge mound around the trunk of the tree.
The picture shows a blue tray, but mine was brown, but for me that worked better with my office's color scheme. I added some baby tears to the soil as a ground cover and to keep the soil wetter.
I didn't notice any leaves dropping like others have reported, in fact it's putting out little white flowers that are great. Don't believe the reviews that are two years old, maybe the trees were poor quality back then but the one I got is great.
 Nice little fukien tree! March 26, 2005
D. Hughes (Tucson, AZ)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
It arrived in perfect condition and the trunk has been beautifully training into an "S" shape without any trunk scarring. The little fukien leaves were nice and shiny and it had the little white flower bloom. A very beautiful tree it is.
For Brussel's website, I would recommend to them that they upgrade their ordering system as it is not a secured server (128 bit SSL with little padlock icon). I was going to order from them directly as it is only $39.99 compared to $49.99 FOR THE EXACT SAME TREE (not taking into consideration the shipping costs) but I would rather pay more and order through AMAZON'S secure server, so I did.
 Instant Fall February 25, 2006
Paul Coates
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
Two days after this plant arrived - ALL it's leaves fell off like the first cold snap of an Eastern Fall - I'm trying to get it to come back to life.... no success as yet - perhaps this plant is too fragile to be shipped.
 Many issues to contend with June 21, 2006
Peter Beckerle (San Francisco, CA United States)
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
I also received the wrong tree the first time. The first tree came quickly but was also the Gardenia tree. After contacting Amazon they reshipped the correct tree. It came quickly and was packed properly. Upon arrival the tree looked good, but it quickly changed. I have, in the past, grown Bonsai trees with success. They do require attention and proper watering as well as light and growing conditions. Both trees came in ceramic pots that did not match the description. They were different colors and different from the photos on the site. The gardenia tree did loose most of its leaves, but had new growth somewhat quickly afterwards. This review is about the tree that I ordered. This Fukien Tea Tree started to loose all of its leaves and appeared to be in distress. I kept it watered, gave it great morning and afternoon light and maintained the temp around 75 degrees. After several weeks, the tree has lost almost all of its green growth. I had an expert view the tree and this gentleman seemed to think that the soil that the tree was planted in was too dense and didn't allow for any oxygen to reach the roots. He seemed to think that the Gardenia tree was ok, but not the Fukien Tea tree. He didn't think that transplanting the tree this soon after receipt would help since these trees need time to adjust to their new surroundings. Also mentioned in the directions that came with both trees. He also noticed some fertilizer beads in the soil which to him might also might not be the "ideal" for the tree. He recommends a water based food mixed in with the water a given to the tree weekly.
I wonder if all of these "conditions" were done to the tree since they had to send it to me to correct their "first" error of the wrong tree.
Even though I love Amazon, I would recommend to anyone considering purchasing a Bonsai tree to select one from a local source. These local Bonsai retailers are more interested in helping you get a perfect tree and have more a vested interest in your success than Brussel's does.
Not that $50 is that much more than a good bunch of flowers from a florist, you still expect your tree to live for years.
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