6 Best Pots for Indoor Plants in 2024: Reviews & Top Picks

Indoor gardening can be a blast. Not only can you get your home smelling wonderful, but it’s even possible to grow vegetables or fresh herbs you can add to your meals. Part of planning your indoor growing is choosing the pots to use. Too small and you’ll have to replant, but too big and you’re just wasting space.

We’ve gathered six of the best pots for indoor plants and included reviews on each of them. Then after the reviews, there’s a short buying guide explaining some of the things you want to look for when shopping for indoor planters.

A Quick Comparison of Our Favorites of 2024

The 6 Best Pots for Indoor Plants

1. Plant and Flower Pot: 4-Piece – Best Overall

If you’re looking for a good set of indoor pots, these European-made pots are stylish and won’t break the bank. They get our top choice as the best overall indoor pot for being a great blend of value and quality.

These pots have an internal drainage tray that separates the dirt from water, so there’s no need to have a saucer underneath them. In addition, they are also manufactured with eco-friendly practices—they are 100% recycled ABS material.

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2. Simple Plastic Pots: 6-Pack – Best Value

For the budget-conscious shopper, these indoor planter multipacks are a terrific option. This set’s great value makes it our pick for the best indoor pots for the money. You get more for your money with this set than the top pick. However, they aren’t manufactured with the same eco-friendliness as the previous pots.

If you’re keeping several different sizes of plants in your home, this set is great because you have everything ranging from a 3.5-inch pot up to a 7-inch pot. In addition, each planter includes a matching tray, so you don’t have to worry about water messes.

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3. Floor Pot With Stand – Premium Choice

These freestanding floor pots are terrific options if you’ve got a more flexible budget. They are constructed from lightweight metal—the pot is painted white, and the stand is painted gold. So, durability isn’t an issue with this set.

Because they lack any drainage holes, these pots are ideally used as cachepots where you put an already planted pot inside. These are convenient if you want a plant in something that fits your decor plan. If you’d prefer to actually plant in this set, it’s possible. You’ll just have to enable water to drain out of the soil.

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4. Hanging Planters – Best Hanging Pot

Strawberries are a hanging pot favorite, but there are many great uses, indoors and out, for this type of pot. In addition, a hanging pot is also a good option for saving some space if you don’t have a lot of space (or maybe you have a lot of floor planters inside already).

Keep in mind that most hanging pots have pretty significant weight limits. So, if you’re planning on planting something heavy in it, it’s probably best to spend more money on a heavy-duty planter. However, with a weight limit of around 16 pounds, you likely won’t have many issues with this set.

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5. Ceramic Pots – Best Tabletop Pot

If you’re a fan of growing succulents, you’ll know that they typically don’t need a lot of space or care, which is a big reason why they’re so popular. In addition, they’re a common decorative plant, so many people will plant them in nice or fancy pots.

These great tabletop-sized planters make excellent succulent pots. Some other small plants or herbs would do well in these pots, but they are not going to contain any large plants or vegetables. They are also made from ceramic, so you’ll want to place them somewhere with minimal risk of being knocked over.

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6. Window Box Planter – Best Herb Pot

Growing herbs is a great way to always have a fresh addition or two to your meals. Most houses will have one or two windows that get a healthy amount of sun in a day. This is often wasted space because most planters don’t fit on a window sill. However, with this window box planter, you’ll be able to maximize your use of a sunny sill.

Typically, these types of planters are used to grow herbs. However, small plants and flowers will also do well in the box if you’re not interested in growing herbs. Plus, the base is stable enough to be used as a tabletop planter to bring a nice touch of green to a home office space or something like that too.

Buyer’s Guide: Selecting The Best Pot for Indoor Plants

Here are a few things to consider when choosing a pot for indoor plants.

Size

You don’t want to get a pot that is too small. If you do this, it could stunt the plant’s growth. But it could also cause it to die if the roots go too deep and grow into the water tray. On the other hand, you’ll be wasting space with too big of a pot. Most plants have a recommended planter size to make this easy.

Drainage

Good drainage is important. Again, different plants have different needs, but for the most part, you want a pot that allows all water to drain that isn’t absorbed by the dirt. This prevents things like root rot or other nasty fungal infections of your plants or flowers.

Style

How your plants look when they bloom is one thing. But the other part of the style equation is the pot. Plastic, metal, and ceramic are three common materials. You can even get a plastic planter that looks ceramic. Along with different materials, there are many colors to choose from, so there’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to find a pot that fits your vision for interior design.

Conclusion

Our top two picks were large multipacks: the number one choice offers you the highest quality and eco-friendly manufacturing, whereas the second gives you more containers for less money. If you want to splurge and you need a large pot. The floor pots with metal stands are great options.

Whichever pot you choose, we hope these reviews and the buying guide have been helpful in your decision!

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