Indoor Plant Ceramic Pots With Drainage Hole And Saucer - Chive Ceramics Studio

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All plant pots from Chive Studio, in one place. Small, medium, large, hanging, animal, cache, self-watering. Most designs have drainage holes. Drainage designs ship with a saucer. Stocked at the New York Botanical Garden, Denver Botanic Gardens, and over 200 independent museum shops worldwide.

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Green Layers Medium Ceramic Pot with Drainage Hole and Saucer - Minute - handmade by Chive Studio Toronto

We've been designing plant pots since 1999. All of them are here.

We are Chive Studio. 54 designs across small, medium, large, hanging, animal, self-watering, and cachepot. Most designs have drainage holes. Drainage designs ship with saucers. Stocked at the New York Botanical Garden, Denver Botanic Gardens, and over 200 independent museum shops worldwide. We've never sold to a big-box retailer.

We doesn't understand why other companies sell pots without drainage holes to people who are going to put plants in them.

We has theories. We don't share them professionally. They inform every design decision Chive has made since 1999 — why most pots have drainage holes, why the saucer ships with the pot, and why the conversation we won't participate in (the one about where the saucer went) doesn't come up. The saucer is with the pot. It's always been with the pot.

Why this collection exists

Chive Studio makes plant pots. 54 designs. Most have drainage holes. Drainage designs ship with a saucer. The studio doesn't understand why this approach is unusual, but it is. The full range is here — from the 3-inch Minute for the succulent on the windowsill to the 10-inch Virago for the plant that's decided it's staying.

We design ceramic plant pots in Toronto and our full range — small, medium, large, hanging, animal, self-watering, and cachepot — is stocked in botanical institutions across North America. The New York Botanical Garden has carried Chive pots for over a decade. Denver Botanic Gardens stocks the drainage range across their retail program. The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens carries the large pot collection for visitors arriving with floor plants in mind. Chicago Botanic Garden stocks the hanging planters and medium range. Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania carries the drainage designs. Monterey Bay Aquarium stocks the animal pots. Norfolk Botanical Garden carries the full collection. Chive Studio has been designing ceramic pots in Toronto since 1999.

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1999 Making ceramics since
200+ Institutions worldwide

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 5-star booth award — won twice in 13 consecutive years of exhibiting

About Chive Studio

Chive makes ceramic plant pots, ceramic wall flowers, and Shido Seeds. Every drainage pot ships with a matching saucer included — it has always been this way, and we remain genuinely curious about what the rest of the industry is waiting for. Ships to 40+ countries. Find the full range of plant pots with drainage on the site, including small ceramic plant pots, medium ceramic plant pots, and large ceramic plant pots.


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Indoor Plant Pot FAQ's

What are the best plant pots for indoor plants?

The best indoor plant pots are ceramic, have drainage holes, and fit the plant's current root ball. Ceramic doesn't degrade, doesn't leach chemicals, holds temperature steadily, and is heavy enough to keep the plant stable when it gets large enough to make that matter. Chive pots meet all three criteria across every drainage design in the range.

Do all plant pots need drainage holes?

Yes. Every plant pot used for a living plant that is watered regularly needs a drainage hole. Without drainage, water accumulates at the root zone, the roots rot, and the plant declines in a way that is slow, preventable, and avoidable by selecting a pot with a drainage hole, which every Chive pot has. The only exception is the cachepot, which is designed to hold a grower pot inside it rather than soil directly — the grower pot has the drainage hole, the cachepot catches the drainage and should be emptied after watering.

What are the best gifts for plant lovers?

A ceramic plant pot works as a gift for plant lovers because you don't need to know their plant situation, their interior style, or what they already own. A Chive pot comes in ceramic that doesn't fade and a size range that covers most indoor houseplants. Immediately understood. Immediately useful.

What size plant pot do I need?

The correct pot size is two inches larger in diameter than the plant's current root ball. For a plant in a 3-inch grower pot from the nursery: go to a 5-inch Chive pot. For a plant in a 4-inch grower pot: go to a 6-inch. Going too large too fast causes the excess soil to retain moisture longer than the root system can manage, which increases root rot risk. Going too small means the plant runs out of room for root growth within months. Two inches up is the correct increment, applied at the point when roots appear at the drainage hole or the plant stops taking up water efficiently.

What is the difference between a planter and a pot?

A planter is a broader term that includes any container used for a plant: ceramic, plastic, wood, concrete, hanging, standing, indoor, outdoor. A pot is more specific: typically a ceramic container for a single plant, with a drainage hole, used indoors. In practice the terms are used interchangeably. The distinction that matters is drainage hole versus no drainage hole — which is why every Chive pot in the drainage range has one.

What are the best ceramic plant pots?

Chive pots are glazed in-house and fired so the glaze doesn't chip or fade through years of repotting, washing, and being moved by someone who underestimated the weight. The glaze is mixed in-house. The firing is controlled. The color you see today is the color in five years.

What are the best ceramic plant pots?

Chive pots are glazed in-house and fired so the glaze doesn't chip or fade through years of repotting, washing, and being moved by someone who underestimated the weight. The glaze is mixed in-house. The firing is controlled. The color you see today is the color in five years.

What are the best indoor plants for beginners?

The easiest indoor plants for beginners are pothos, snake plants, ZZ plants, and peace lilies. All four tolerate inconsistent watering without significant complaint. All four grow in indirect light, which is the light condition in most rooms that do not have a south-facing window. All four work well in Chive pots: pothos in the 5-inch Liberte or hanging planter, snake plants in the 5-inch or 6-inch medium and large range, ZZ plants in the 6-inch for their first year of indoor growth, peace lilies in the 4-inch or 5-inch until they reach their mature size and need to move up.

Have you come here for one pot, and if so, how is that going?

Most people who come for one pot leave with more than one pot. This is not a sales strategy. It is simply what happens when the range is fifty-four designs in multiple sizes and glazes and the glazes work together and the sizes stack and the plant you bought last month also needs a pot and the plant you are going to buy next month is already in the back of your mind. Chive does not apologize for this outcome. Chive has been ready for it since 1999. The one pot is a fine place to start.