Plant Pots with Drainage

Minute Medium Ceramic Pot with Drainage Hole and Saucer, Blue Layer

with drainage hole and saucer

$30.95
Drainage hole
Saucer Included
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The 5-inch Blue Layers is a glazed ceramic plant pot with a center drainage hole and a matching saucer, and the mad-scientist energy behind it shows up most clearly at the medium size. There is enough surface area here to actually see how much is happening in a glaze that looks deceptively simple from a distance. Look once and it is a plain blue pot; look twice and it is several blues holding a conversation they would rather you not interrupt.

This is harder to produce than most people would guess, and we say that not to complain but because we are, fundamentally, the kind of people who get excited about a technical challenge nobody asked us to take on. Glazed ceramic holds moisture more evenly than raw terracotta, and no two pots layer the same way. The medium size carries that obsession at a scale that finally does it justice.

Product detail
  • Color: Blue Layer
  • Material: Ceramic
  • Glaze finish: Glazed Ceramic
  • Finish variation: Natural variation between pieces
  • Drainage: included
  • Saucer:
  • Dishwasher safe: Yes
  • Indoor / Outdoor: For indoor use and covered outdoor temperate weather use
  • Designed by: Chive Studio
  • Year Designed: 2017
Plants that love this pot

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 fired in the kiln — 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

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  • 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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Blue Layers at Five Inches: The Complexity Shows

The five-inch is where Blue Layers stops being able to hide how much work it is. From a distance the glaze reads as a simple, deep blue, which is precisely the illusion we were after and precisely what makes it so satisfying to pull off. Up close on the medium pot, the illusion gives way to the truth: several layers of blue doing several things at once, the surface far busier than its calm first impression admits. Layered glaze is difficult on principle, and stacking blues is among the less forgiving versions of that difficulty, the kind where a batch can look right until the moment it very much does not.

We keep doing it anyway, because the technical problem is, frankly, the part we enjoy most. We are geeks. We have made our peace with the label. The medium size gives the obsession enough room to be properly appreciated, more surface for the layers to move across and reveal themselves to anyone willing to look twice. Each pot settles on its own, the blues arriving at a slightly different arrangement every time. A centre drainage hole and a matching saucer sit beneath, the unglamorous mechanics under a glaze we made unnecessarily hard on purpose. It looks simple. It is not. At five inches, you can finally see the difference for yourself.

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.

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.

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The Same Glaze, Other Sizes

Blue Layers is the same hard-won glaze at every size. The five-inch is where its deceptive complexity finally reads.

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Drainage Is the Whole Point

A centre drainage hole and a matching saucer sit under the five-inch Blue Layers, the unglamorous mechanics beneath a glaze we made hard on purpose.

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Water It Like You Mean It

The Minute Medium in Blue Layers drains the way it should, which only matters if the watering keeps pace. A proper can or mister makes the difference, and ours look the part on a counter.

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Plant Tips from Chive Studio

Quick tips, straight answers, and the occasional reminder that overwatering kills more houseplants than neglect does.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Minute in Blue Layer best suited to?

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 medium 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 Blue Layer colourway.

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