OLIVE BRANCH – The first time Brussel Martin ever saw a bonsai tree was in the 1950s. His father, an architect, brought some specimens back from California and Martin became interested in them as a ...
A Hinoki cypress at Brussel Martin's bonsai nursery in Mississippi. He has nurtured it for 40 years, which is half its life. "I turned down $40,000 for it a year ago," Martin says. "It is worth twice ...