Plant Pots with Drainage

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

with drainage hole and saucer

$30.95
Drainage hole
Saucer Included
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The 5-inch Cobalt Blue is a glazed ceramic plant pot with a center drainage hole and a matching saucer, and the softening we did to this glaze shows up most clearly at the medium size. There is enough surface here for the eye to register the difference between hard cobalt and whatever it is we ended up with instead: warmer, more forgiving, still confidently blue but no longer the kind of blue that makes a room feel like a hospital corridor. Stand it next to anything cool and gray and the difference is immediate, the blue reading as company rather than as instruction.

Glazed ceramic holds moisture more evenly than raw terracotta, and no two pots settle the same way. We think we got it right, and the five-inch is where most people seem to agree with us. This is the size where the color stops defending itself and simply works.

Product detail
  • Color: Cobalt Blue
  • 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

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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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Cobalt Blue at Five Inches: Warm, Not Clinical

The five-inch is where the cobalt project finally has room to make its case. Softening a colour this strong is a delicate business, and on a small pot the success is easy to take on faith. At five inches there is enough surface for the eye to actually compare what we started with against what we ended up with, and the difference is the whole point. Hard cobalt is a blue that keeps its distance, formal and a little cold, the shade that turns a cozy room into a corridor. What we landed on instead is warmer and more forgiving, unmistakably still cobalt but no longer interested in making anyone uncomfortable.

We chased that result through more failed batches than we will admit in writing, and the medium size is where we feel most confident saying we reached it. Most people who handle the five-inch seem to agree, which is not something we can claim about every colour in the range. Each pot resolves slightly differently, the blue deepening or settling according to its own logic. A centre drainage hole and a matching saucer sit beneath the colour, doing the unglamorous work under the part everyone notices. At this size, cobalt stops being a colour we had to fix and becomes one we are simply glad to make.

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.

Read the guide we wish we had

The Same Glaze, Other Sizes

Cobalt Blue is the same softened blue at every size. The five-inch is where the difference from hard cobalt reads clearest.

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Drainage Is the Whole Point

A centre drainage hole and a matching saucer sit under the five-inch Cobalt Blue, doing the unglamorous work beneath the part everyone notices.

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Start Something From Seed

Before anything grows in the Minute Medium in Cobalt Blue, there are Shido Seeds, vacuum-sealed and built to keep for years. Start the plant, then choose the pot.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Minute Cobalt Blue ceramic pot good 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 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 Cobalt Blue colourway.

The pot is sorted. Now what goes in it?

Shido seeds come vacuum-sealed, non-GMO, and packaged well enough that people keep the packets after the seeds are gone. Which is either a design success or a problem, depending on how you look at it.

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