Mara Planter S

The Mara Planter S is 30cm square and 24cm high, in ceramic with a smooth matte white finish and a rounded profile. It has no drainage hole and is intended for indoor use. It suits a pre-potted plant or trailing greenery.

A rounded silhouette with no detail on it is harder to get right than a decorated one, and it depends entirely on the curve. The Mara's widest point sits above the middle, which is what stops it reading as a bowl and gives it the settled, slightly heavy stance that makes a plain white pot look considered.

No drainage hole is the specification to plan around rather than ignore. Either keep the plant in its nursery pot and lift it out to water, or add a layer of gravel at the base and water sparingly, because a plant sitting in standing water in a sealed vessel will not last.

Matte white is the most reliable backdrop for foliage of any colour, which is why a range like this exists. It is the pot to buy when the plant is the point.