Tree #229 is a tall Tiger Bark Ficus in a 3-gallon nursery pot — a sinuous mottled trunk climbing through braided aerial roots to a rounded, well-budded crown, with a dramatic root-wrapped base. At about 23 inches it's the tallest ficus of this batch, ready to be styled down into a powerful bonsai or grown on as a striking indoor tree.

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.