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Plant Pots with Drainage

Minute Medium 5 inch Plant Pot, Green Layers

with drainage hole and saucer

$30.95
Drainage hole
Saucer Included
30-day return policy

The Minute Green Layer is a glazed ceramic indoor plant pot with a drainage hole and matching saucer, designed by Chive Studio and stocked at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston — which sounds like the kind of thing someone mentions at a dinner party to seem more competent than they are. The 5-inch fits a standard 4-inch nursery transplant or a 5-inch plant: mint, lemon thyme, the parsley that is doing better than anyone expected. The saucer catches the water so the roots don't rot, which is more than most relationships offer.

The glaze is the part that took the longest. Green Layer is built across three separate dips, each fired before the next is added. The result is three distinct layers of green visible on every pot. No two come out of the kiln exactly the same. It's a Chive Studio design, hand glazed, and the Minute has been in the range since 2017 — long enough to end up on the shelves at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and to make several appearances at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, where Chive has exhibited for 14 consecutive years. It looks like a garden in the middle of becoming one.

Product detail
  • Color: Green Layers
  • Material: Ceramic
  • Glaze finish: Glazed
  • 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: 2017
Dimension
  • 5 inches diameter, 5 inches tall
  • Fits most standard 4" nursery transplants
  • Saucer diameter: approximately 5.5 inches
  • Weight: approximately 1.75 lbs (pot + saucer)

Also available in:
Plants that love this pot
  • succulents and cacti
  • pothos
  • peperomia
  • string of pearls
  • snake plants
  • ferns
  • African violet.

Potting a plant in the Minute

  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 1 inch at the top for watering.
  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.

Which pot size for my plant? →

Full Repotting guide →
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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Making pots for over 25 years. Designed with drainage and pattern is what makes our unique. - Chive Ceramics Studio

A pot with a hole in the bottom. You would be amazed how rare this is.

Chive has designed a great many pots, and most of them took the expected amount of time, weeks, months, an unflattering number of abandoned sketches. The Minute took sixty seconds. The honest version is that the designer, demoralized by four mediocre lines of pots, surrendered to a deeply necessary design nap. The Minute arrived fully formed, drainage hole and saucer included, and was sketched in sixty seconds of post-nap haze. The nap has since been added to the official design process.

What emerged is a glazed ceramic indoor plant pot that works as hard as it looks good. Five inches wide, five inches tall, the right size for the standard 4-inch nursery transplant, which drops in as if it were measured for it, because it was.

The most important feature is the drainage hole at the base. Indoor plants do not like sitting in water. This is not controversial, and yet an astonishing number of attractive plant pots proceed as if it were. One center drainage hole. A ceramic saucer that catches whatever comes through it. The surface beneath stays dry. The plant stays alive.

The glaze is applied in three separate dips, each kiln-fired before the next is added. Dipping three times builds real depth, the color shifts with the light, and no two pieces come out of the kiln exactly the same. This is the point, not a side effect.

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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More of the Minute

The Minute comes in five sizes for five different plant situations. A 3-inch for the windowsill herb you have not killed yet. An 8-inch for the monstera you are going to.

Small Green Layer Minute →

Large Green Layer Minute →

Pots with drainage by chive studio

Pots that don't trap water at the roots.

The Chive range splits cleanly. Some pots drain, some don't, and the distinction is always deliberate. The draining side is worth browsing if root rot is what you're avoiding.

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For when the plant looks fine but isn't.

A plant can sit in the right pot, in the right light, with the right water, and still go yellow because the soil ran out of the things plants quietly need. The vitamins are for the quiet things.

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Chosen by the New York Botanical Garden and Others Who Knew What They Were Looking At

Every Chive pot starts as a sketch that gets argued about at considerable length. We have been doing this for twenty-five years. We are, it turns out, constitutionally incapable of making something we don't mean.

We've never fully understood why botanical gardens keep choosing our pots, except that people who run botanical gardens have spent their careers watching things grow at whatever pace they grow, and have developed, as a result, a very low tolerance for objects pretending to be something they're not. A Chive pot is what it is. The botanical gardens figured this out before most people did, which is either a compliment to them or an indictment of everyone else. We're not going to decide.

Exhibited at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for 14 consecutive years, receiving the 5-star booth award, the highest designation the show offers. Stocked at Kew Gardens, the Chicago Botanic Garden. Shown at the Philadelphia Flower Show. We ship to over 40 countries, which continues to surprise us a little.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Minute pot in Green Layers used for?

The Minute 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 5 inch ceramic pot, the Minute fits a shelf, sill, or desk and pairs cleanly with the rest of the Chive pot range. This listing is the Green Layers colorway.

Does the Minute pot have a drainage hole?

Yes, the Minute 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 Minute keeps watering simple.

What size plant fits the Minute 5 inch?

The Minute 5 inch 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 a 5 inch indoor plant pot, size up by about an inch when you repot so roots have room without swimming in soil.

Does the Minute come with a saucer?

Yes, the Minute 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 Minute reads as one considered object rather than a pot with a random tray underneath.

Is the Minute pot ceramic?

Yes, the Minute 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 Minute is glazed to seal the surface, so it wipes clean and keeps its finish on a sill, shelf, or table.

How do I water a plant in the Minute?

To water the Minute, 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 Minute good for snake plants?

The Minute 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 Minute covers both looks and function. Match the nursery pot to the opening and the plant settles in without fuss.

Is the Minute a good gift for a plant lover?

The Minute 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 Minute is an easy choice, and it suits anyone building an indoor plant collection.
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