Tree #223 is a Tiger Bark Ficus with a beautifully mottled trunk — the pale tiger-stripe markings that give this variety its name — curving up through an informal S to a fresh, glossy canopy, with a young aerial root already running down alongside the trunk. It stands about 16 inches tall in a rectangular 6″ × 5″ plastic training pot.

Tiger Bark Ficus is one of the best indoor bonsai you can own — it thrives in ordinary household light and warmth, shrugs off missed waterings, and back-buds eagerly after a trim. The tree in these photos is the exact tree you’ll receive, hand-raised at our Southern California nursery.