Plant Pots with Drainage

Minute Small Ceramic Pot with Drainage Hole and Saucer, Bronze Speckles

with drainage hole and saucer

$16.50
Drainage hole
Saucer Included
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The 3-inch Bronze Speckles is a glazed ceramic plant pot with a center drainage hole and a matching saucer, and we had fun with this one. Most of our colorways are trying to look fresh and a little cute, leaning into a blue or a green that feels at home next to a houseplant on a Tuesday morning. Bronze Speckles was never trying to do that. It is the one colorway in the line that would look faintly insulted to be set down next to a coffee mug.

Glazed ceramic holds moisture more evenly than raw terracotta, and the speckled metallic finish resolves a little differently on every pot. This is the pot that got dressed up and went out for an expensive dinner, the one with the slightly metallic surface that catches candlelight instead of morning sun. The three-inch is the appetizer course of that whole evening, small and formal and entirely uninterested in being approachable.

Product detail
  • Color: Bronze Speckles
  • 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
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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.
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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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Bronze Speckles: Dressed for Dinner

We had fun with Bronze Speckles, and the fun was specifically in letting it be the opposite of everything else in the line. Most of our colourways are angling to look fresh and a little cute, a friendly blue or green that sits comfortably beside a houseplant on an ordinary Tuesday morning. Bronze Speckles declined that assignment entirely. It is the colourway that got dressed up and went somewhere expensive, a speckled metallic finish built to catch candlelight rather than the flat light of a weekday. The rest of the line keeps regular hours; Bronze Speckles keeps a reservation, and has never once apologized for the difference.

The three-inch is the appetizer course, the small and deliberate opening to an evening the rest of the line was not invited to. Each pot resolves on its own, the speckling catching light in its own slightly theatrical way. A centre drainage hole and a matching saucer sit underneath, because even the most overdressed pot in the collection still has the same job as the casual ones. It is not trying to be approachable. It is not trying to be your Tuesday pot. It is trying to look like it has somewhere to be, and at three inches it already does. Some pots fit in. This one simply shows up.

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

Bronze Speckles comes in two sizes, the same dressed-up metallic finish at each. The small is the appetizer course.

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Drainage Is the Whole Point

A centre drainage hole and a matching saucer sit under Bronze Speckles, because even the most overdressed pot has the same job as the casual ones.

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For the Part You Cannot See

The Minute Small in Bronze Speckles drains and holds moisture well, but a plant that has quietly given up needs more than a good pot. Verte Rx works on the roots and colour a pot cannot reach.

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