Atlantis Button Planter

The Atlantis Button Planter is a low, wide ceramic bowl, handmade in Vietnam and double fired, finished in the aged glaze used across the Atlantis range. It comes in two sizes, 24cm x 12cm and 34cm x 18cm, holding 5 and 15 litres. The shallow profile is the point: it suits plants that root sideways rather than down.

Why you'll love it

• Built for shallow rooted plants. Succulents and small ferns want width rather than depth; a deep pot just holds wet mix beneath them.
• Light enough to move. At 3kg and 7kg empty, one person can reposition either size, indoors or out.
• Double fired for frost resistance. It can live outside year round rather than coming in when the weather turns.
• Hand glazed, so no two match. The aged finish varies between pieces, so a group looks gathered rather than bought as a set.

Sizes and what fits in them

Both figures are outside diameter by height, so the planting area is a little smaller.

• 24cm x 12cm, 5 litres, 3kg. A tabletop bowl for a succulent grouping, a small fern, or a few kitchen herbs.
• 34cm x 18cm, 15 litres, 7kg. Room for a mixed succulent bowl, a compact indoor plant, or a low growing feature on a step.

Material, weathering and drainage

Material. Handmade ceramic from Vietnam, double fired, with an aged glaze applied by hand. Colour and texture shift from piece to piece, and that variation is deliberate.

Outdoors. Double firing gives it frost resistance, so it can stay planted outdoors through winter. The aged finish is meant to weather. A shallow bowl dries faster than a deep pot in full sun, so check it often through summer.

Drainage. It has drainage holes. Keep them clear and stand the bowl on feet outdoors so water escapes rather than pools. Screen the holes with fibreglass flyscreen, never fabric or geofabric, which clog. Add 50mm of 10mm gravel and fill with a premium potting mix, never garden soil. Indoors it needs a saucer.

What to expect when it arrives

Pots ship empty and unplanted, wrapped and boxed for freight. The 24cm x 12cm bowl is a one hand carry at 3kg, and easy to knock off a ledge until it is planted.

Orders are dispatched in 2 to 5 business days, delivered Australia wide, with delivery from $29.95. Match the plant to the pot, since aggressive roots damage any planter in time.

Related pots and planting

• Browse the small pot range
• See other round and egg shaped pots
• Succulents that suit a shallow bowl
• How to pot up without setting a plant back