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Chive Cube & Saucer small ceramic pots in green, orange, purple, and blue holding succulents and cacti.
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Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy scarlet with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy rusty brick orange with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
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Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy raspberry pink with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube & Saucer small ceramic pots in green, orange, purple, and blue holding succulents and cacti.
Chive Cube glazed ceramic mini square planters stacked in goldenrod, pink, and blue.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy periwinkle blue with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in periwinkle blue styled outdoors with yellow flowers against a red wall.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy pink with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
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Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy mint blue with a matching saucer, styled with a succulent and moss.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planters in orange, teal, and white displayed on a wood shelf with plants.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy medium grey with a matching saucer, styled with a jade plant.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy hydro blue with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy greenery with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy green sheen with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
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Close-up of Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planters in green sheen showing the glossy glaze and square form.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy goldenrod yellow with a matching saucer, styled with a jade plant.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy green blue teal with a matching saucer and succulent.
Chive Cube & Saucer small ceramic pots in green, orange, purple, and blue holding succulents and cacti.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy black with a matching saucer, styled with a red-tipped succulent.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planters in three shades of green grouped together with houseplants.
Chive Cube & Saucer small ceramic pots in green, orange, purple, and blue holding succulents and cacti.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in biscay blue styled with a cactus on a vintage book.
Chive Cube & Saucer small ceramic pots in green, orange, purple, and blue holding succulents and cacti.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in biscay blue styled with a cactus on a vintage book.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy yam orange with a matching saucer, styled with a grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube & Saucer small ceramic pots in green, orange, purple, and blue holding succulents and cacti.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy yellow with a matching saucer, styled with a grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy ultra violet purple with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planters stacked in columns of grey, purple, and orange on a concrete floor.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in matte white with a matching saucer, styled with a tiny seedling.
Chive Cube Saucer white ceramic planter on a marble surface with a colourful wall of Cube pots behind.
Chive Cube glazed ceramic mini square planters with saucers in orange, teal, and white on a shelf.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy tomato red with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy tomato red styled with a grape hyacinth beside stacked books.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy tan with a matching saucer, styled with a succulent.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy spearmint green with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy snorkel blue with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planters stacked in columns of yellow, raspberry, and blue against a beige wall.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy silver with a metallic finish, matching saucer, and succulent.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planters stacked in columns of grey, purple, and orange on a concrete floor.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy soft green with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy scarlet with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy rusty brick orange with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planters in orange, teal, and white displayed on a wood shelf with plants.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy raspberry pink with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube & Saucer small ceramic pots in green, orange, purple, and blue holding succulents and cacti.
Chive Cube glazed ceramic mini square planters stacked in goldenrod, pink, and blue.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy periwinkle blue with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in periwinkle blue styled outdoors with yellow flowers against a red wall.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy pink with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy pea green with a matching saucer, styled with a jade plant.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy mint blue with a matching saucer, styled with a succulent and moss.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planters in orange, teal, and white displayed on a wood shelf with plants.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy medium grey with a matching saucer, styled with a jade plant.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy hydro blue with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy greenery with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy green sheen with a matching saucer and grape hyacinth.
Chive Cube Saucer planters in greenery and spearmint on a wood table by a window with houseplants.
Close-up of Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planters in green sheen showing the glossy glaze and square form.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy goldenrod yellow with a matching saucer, styled with a jade plant.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy green blue teal with a matching saucer and succulent.
Chive Cube & Saucer small ceramic pots in green, orange, purple, and blue holding succulents and cacti.
Chive Cube Saucer ceramic planter in glossy black with a matching saucer, styled with a red-tipped succulent.

Plant Pots with Drainage

Cube & Saucer Ceramic Pot With Drainage Hole

with drainage hole and saucer

$15.25
Colors: Black
Drainage hole
Saucer Included
30-day return policy

The Cube is a 3-inch ceramic plant pot, a four-square pot with a center drainage hole and a matching saucer. It was the first pot we ever brought to the Philadelphia Flower Show, where we sold every one and learned, at an empty table, that we were onto something.

Glazed ceramic wipes clean and holds moisture more evenly than raw terracotta, and the flat four-sided form sits squarely on a sill or desk without rolling toward the edge. The center drainage hole keeps water moving instead of pooling at the roots, and the matching saucer keeps the surface beneath dry. At three inches it suits a single succulent, a rooted cutting, or a small herb. The four square sides also make it easy to line up in a row, for the kind of person who likes a row, and we have noticed that the kind of person who buys one Cube tends to come back for three.

Every pot we have made since started at that empty table. The Cube does not bring this up. It does not have to. It was there.

Product detail
  • Color: Biscay Blue, Black, Goldenrod, Green Blue, Green Sheen, Greenery, Hydro Blue, Medium Grey, Mint, Pea Green, Periwinkle, Pink, Raspberry, Rusty Brick, Scarlet, Silver, Snorkel Blue, Soft Green, Spearmint, Tan, Tomato, Ultra Violet, White, Yam, Yellow
  • Material: Ceramic
  • Glaze finish: Glazed Ceramic
  • Finish variation: Natural variation between pieces
  • Drainage: Included
  • Saucer: Matching saucer included
  • Dishwasher safe: Yes
  • Indoor / Outdoor: For indoor use and covered outdoor temperate weather use
  • Designed by: Chive Studio
  • Year Designed: 2012
Dimension
  • 3 inches diameter, 3 inches tall
Plants that love this pot
  • Succulents and cacti
  • Pothos
  • Peperomia
  • Haworthia
  • Hoya
  • African violet
  • Fittonia (nerve plant)

Potting a Plant

  1. Place a 1-inch layer of small stones or LECA pebbles at the bottom of the pot. Optional, but it helps with airflow.
  2. Add well-draining potting mix appropriate to your plant. Not garden soil. We know your grandmother used garden soil. She was wrong about this one thing.
  3. Transplant from the nursery pot, leaving about ½ inch at the top for watering. In a small pot, every bit of space counts.
  4. Set the pot on the matching saucer.
  5. Water thoroughly until water runs out the drainage hole into the saucer. Empty the saucer once the plant has absorbed what it needs. This is the entire system.

Potting Tips

  1. Repot in the evening.
  2. Wait 1–2 days after watering, then repot.
  3. Buy potting mix. Not backyard dirt.
  4. Move the top layer of soil from the old pot into the new one. It's a little ecosystem.
  5. Never go more than one inch bigger.
  6. Soil line sits an inch below the rim. Leca or small rocks at the bottom for drainage.

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Pot Care instructions
  1. Dishwasher-safe. Can also be hand-washed with warm soapy water and a soft cloth.
  2. Glazed pots are dipped and kiln-fired — they are sealed, durable, and not looking for trouble. No special cleaning products required.
  3. For pots with saucers empty the saucer periodically. Standing water in the saucer defeats the purpose of having a drainage hole, which is a thing we feel strongly about.
  4. Not frost-safe. Designed for indoor use and covered outdoor temperate weather use. Freezing temperatures are not recommended.
Shipping & returns

Shipping

  • Free shipping: On qualifying US orders — threshold shown at checkout
  • Standard: 5–8 business days Express2–3 business days (at checkout)
  • International Ships: to 40 countries — rates at checkout
  • Packaging Ships: in outer box to protect gift box

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Returns

We accept returns within 30 days of delivery on unused items in original packaging. If your piece arrives damaged, contact us within 14 days with a photo and we will replace it at no charge.

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The Cube Knew Before We Did

The Cube is a 3-inch ceramic plant pot, and it was the first pot we ever brought to the Philadelphia Flower Show, thirteen years ago. We made them, we put them out, and we sold every single one, which had not been the plan, because we had made a plan for selling and no plan at all for selling out.

Standing at an empty table on the first day, we looked at each other and had a thought we have not said out loud since but that has quietly informed every decision we have made in the years that followed. We were onto something. The Cube, as far as we can tell, knew before we did, and has been faintly insufferable about it in the way only a small square pot can be.

At three inches the Cube is a desk and windowsill size: a single succulent, a cutting that has rooted, a small herb promoted at last from its nursery plastic. The four-square form has a center drainage hole and a matching saucer, glazed ceramic that wipes clean and holds moisture more evenly than raw terracotta ever manages to. The saucer lifts off for emptying, and the flat base means it never wobbles on a sill, which matters more than it sounds once the plant inside starts leaning toward the light.

Potting a plant with Chive

  1. It's best to repot your plant in the evening. Trust us, we know.
  2. Repot 1–2 days after watering — keeps the same rhythm going and won't shock it.
  3. Potting soil is not the dirt from your backyard. Go buy good, nutrient-rich soil.
  4. The top layer of soil in your current pot should be the top layer in the new pot too. It's a little ecosystem your plant likes.
  5. Never go more than one inch bigger than your existing pot. "It'll grow into it" is not correct, and you will kill it.
  6. Keep the soil line about an inch below the top of the pot. Add some leca or small rocks to the bottom for better aeration.
Repotting plants with Chive | Chive Studio

The Ultimate Repotting Guide

For those who have killed a plant. Or several. Or, frankly, many.

Before you put a plant into your new pot, you have to get it out of the nursery pot — a process that ends badly more often than any gardening influencer will admit. We wrote a full guide: when to repot (early spring, and not when you're feeling impulsive in October), which soil to use, how to tell your plant is root-bound, and how to avoid the three mistakes that kill perfectly healthy plants within a week of a well-intentioned repotting.

It is the guide we wish someone had handed us twenty-five years ago. It is written by people who have personally committed most of the errors in it.

Read the guide we wish we had
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The Cube belongs to a set, each one keeping the look and changing only the proportions so a room can match without repeating itself.

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Drainage Is the Whole Point

If the Cube works, the rest of the plant pot collection will too, all of it held to the same finish and the same fit.

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The Huntington Did Not Ask How It Was Finished

Chive Studio designs pots and ceramic flowers, and runs every shape through more revisions and arguments than anyone budgets for, because we are incapable of making something we do not mean. We design everything we sell, license nothing to other manufacturers, and have never sold to a big-box retailer, which is the kind of decision that sounds principled until you see the schedule.

Botanical institutions keep choosing the work, which we credit to buyers who can tell at a glance whether an object is what it claims to be. the Huntington carries Chive. So do the Berkshire Botanical Garden and the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, where a pot has to hold its own beside the plants it was made for. Exhibited at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for 14 consecutive years, receiving the 5-star booth award, the highest designation the show offers. We ship to over 40 countries, and the glazed surface wipes clean and outlasts most of the furniture it sits beside, which is a claim we can make only because we have watched it happen for years.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Cube & pot used for?

The Cube & is a ceramic pot for indoor plants. It works well for pothos, snake plants, peace lilies, philodendrons, and small ferns and suits modern, boho, and minimalist rooms. As a ceramic pot, the Cube & fits a shelf, sill, or desk and pairs cleanly with the rest of the Chive pot range. It comes in several colorways to match different rooms.

Is the Cube & a plant pot with a drainage hole and saucer?

Yes, the Cube & is a ceramic plant pot with a drainage hole and a matching saucer. The drainage hole lets excess water escape so roots are not left sitting in water, which is the most common cause of root rot indoors. Water until you see a little drain into the saucer, then empty it. For a ceramic pot with drainage, the Cube & keeps watering simple.

What plants grow well in the Cube &?

The Cube & is a ceramic pot that holds a nursery plant of a similar width, so match the grower pot to the opening rather than the mature size of the plant. Good choices include pothos, snake plants, peace lilies, philodendrons, and small ferns. For an indoor plant pot, size up by about an inch when you repot so roots have room without swimming in soil.

Is the saucer included with the Cube & pot?

Yes, the Cube & ships with a matching ceramic saucer, so it arrives as a complete pot and saucer set. The saucer catches water that drains through and protects shelves and sills from rings and moisture. Both pieces are finished to match, which is why the Cube & reads as one considered object rather than a pot with a random tray underneath.

Are ceramic plant pots good for indoor plants?

Yes, the Cube & is a ceramic plant pot. Ceramic is fired hard, holds glaze color well, and does not break down with watering the way untreated materials can, which makes ceramic plant pots a reliable choice for indoor plants. The Cube & is glazed to seal the surface, so it wipes clean and keeps its finish on a sill, shelf, or table.

How do I care for plants in the Cube & pot?

To water the Cube &, add water until a little runs into the saucer, then tip out what collects so roots are not left standing in it. Because this ceramic pot has a drainage hole, you can water thoroughly and let the excess go, which encourages even root growth. Check the top inch of soil before watering again rather than watering on a fixed schedule.

Is the Cube & a good ceramic pot for snake plants?

The Cube & is a good ceramic pot for snake plants. It drains freely, so the roots get water and air in the right balance. For anyone searching for a ceramic pot for snake plants, the Cube & covers both looks and function. Match the nursery pot to the opening and the plant settles in without fuss.

Does the Cube & work as a housewarming gift?

The Cube & makes a practical gift for a plant lover because it is a finished ceramic pot that solves a real problem rather than adding clutter. It arrives as a pot and saucer set and suits most modern interiors. For a plant pot gift that gets used, the Cube & is an easy choice, and it suits anyone building an indoor plant collection.
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