Plant Pots with Drainage

Minute Small Ceramic Pot with Drainage Hole and Saucer, Blue Aqua

with drainage hole and saucer

$16.50
Drainage hole
Saucer Included
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The 3-inch Blue Aqua is a glazed ceramic plant pot with a center drainage hole and a matching saucer, and it is about as calming as a color gets. There is a very specific kind of calm that arrives after eating wings far hotter than anyone should order, the burn finally settling, the eyes drying, the whole nervous system returning to something you would describe as functional. This is that calm, in glaze. It is the only pot we make that doubles, unofficially and without our endorsement, as a small nervous-system reset.

Glazed ceramic holds moisture more evenly than raw terracotta, and the finish resolves a little differently on every pot. Blue Aqua is simple and calming the way staring at the ocean is calming, specifically the ocean as viewed by someone who has just survived their own poor decision-making at a wing restaurant. The three-inch version is a small, quiet recovery.

Product detail
  • Color:
  • Material: Ceramic
  • Glaze finish: Glazed Ceramic
  • Finish variation: Natural variation between pieces
  • Drainage: Standard Centre Drainage Hole
  • 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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  • 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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Blue Aqua: A Small, Quiet Recovery

There is a very particular calm that arrives after eating wings hotter than any reasonable person should order. The burn finally settles. The eyes stop watering. The whole nervous system files slowly back toward functional, and for a moment everything feels survivable again. Blue Aqua is the closest we have come to putting that exact feeling into a glaze, which is a strange ambition for a plant pot and one we stand behind completely. We did not set out to make a coping mechanism, but we are not going to pretend we are unhappy with the result.

It is simple and calming in the way staring at the ocean is calming, specifically the ocean as viewed by someone recovering from a decision they made at a wing restaurant and regretted almost immediately. The three-inch is the small, quiet version of that recovery. Each pot resolves on its own, the cool blue settling a little differently every time. A centre drainage hole and a matching saucer sit underneath, the practical part beneath a colour whose entire job is to lower your heart rate. Some pots want to be noticed. This one wants you to exhale, and at three inches it is very good at its job. A small mercy, glazed and fired and set on a shelf where you can find it.

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 Aqua comes in two sizes, the same calming cool blue at each. The small is the quiet, concentrated version of the recovery.

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Drainage Is the Whole Point

A centre drainage hole and a matching saucer sit under Blue Aqua, the practical part beneath a colour whose job is to lower your heart rate.

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Start Something From Seed

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

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