Plant Pot Pots With Drainage

Ceramic planters are fired clay, usually glazed outside and sometimes inside. Heavier than plastic, so they stay put when cats get involved. No chemicals into the soil. Glazes don't yellow over time. Every Chive planter in this collection has a drainage hole as standard and ships with a detachable saucer.

Without drainage, water accumulates at the base of the pot. The roots sit in that water. The roots begin to rot. Root rot is a slow and preventable process that ends with the plant dying and the pot being blamed when the pot is not the problem. The problem was the absence of a drainage hole. Every Chive pot has a drainage hole because every plant that will go into a Chive pot needs a drainage hole, and because making pots without drainage holes is a choice that Chive has never understood well enough to make.

A ceramic planter works as a gift for a gardener because you don't need to know what they grow, what size they need, or what they already own. A Chive pot has a drainage hole, comes in a glaze that works with most indoor setups, and is available in sizes that cover the widest range of houseplants.

Yes. Succulents need drainage holes. The idea that succulents tolerate poor drainage is widespread and incorrect. Succulents store water in their leaves, which means they are more sensitive to overwatering than most plants, not less. A succulent in a pot without drainage will die from root rot faster than many other species because the stored water in its leaves makes it harder to detect the problem until it is too late. Every Chive pot has a drainage hole, which includes the small pots that are the right size for most succulents.

No. Rocks at the bottom of a pot do not improve drainage. This is a persistent myth. What rocks at the bottom of a pot do is reduce the volume of soil available to the roots while also creating a saturated zone at the base of the pot that the roots will eventually reach. The drainage hole is the drainage mechanism. Rocks are rocks. Use the drainage hole. Do not use the rocks. The rocks can stay in the garden.

The Liberte and the Minute cover the widest range of indoor plants and interior styles. Both have drainage holes. Both ship with saucers. Both come in glaze colors chosen by people with actual opinions about glaze colors. The best ceramic pot for indoor plants has a drainage hole, fits the plant's root ball, and is made from something that won't degrade. These two meet all three.

The Liberte and the Minute cover the widest range of indoor plants and interior styles. Both have drainage holes. Both ship with saucers. Both come in glaze colors chosen by people with actual opinions about glaze colors. The best ceramic pot for indoor plants has a drainage hole, fits the plant's root ball, and is made from something that won't degrade. These two meet all three.

Most indoor plants grow well in ceramic pots: pothos, snake plants, peace lilies, monsteras, fiddle leaf figs, ZZ plants, philodendrons, and most herbs. The exceptions are plants that require very fast drainage and do not tolerate any soil moisture — certain cacti and some air plants prefer terracotta, which is more porous and dries faster. For everything else, ceramic is the right answer: stable temperature, no chemical leaching, appropriate weight, and glaze that does not degrade over time.

Some people know exactly where their saucer is. These people also know where their scissors are and have a system for their keys. Chive respects this. For everyone else: the saucer is probably in the same place it has always been, which is somewhere specific that made sense at the time and which is accessible through a process of elimination that begins with checking near the plant and ends wherever the saucer actually is. Chive sells replacement saucers. Chive does not ask how the original one was lost.