Indoor Plant Stand with Pot

A tripod stand and a matching pot, sold as one thing so you are not hunting for a pot that fits.

The legs are powder-coated galvanised iron in a hand-finished grey, and the pot is the same iron in white. Galvanised means the steel is zinc-coated before the powder goes on, which is what keeps a plant stand from rusting at the feet where water collects.

What it does not do

There is no drainage hole in the pot. That is deliberate. It means no saucer and no water on your floor, but it also means you should either plant into a plastic liner and drop that in, or water sparingly and know exactly what you are doing.

What it suits, and where it goes

An indoor plant stand with a pot included solves a problem that sounds trivial until you have had it: a stand bought on its own almost never takes the pot you own, because pot diameters and ring diameters are not standardised in any useful way. Buying the pair removes the measuring.

The tripod lifts the plant clear of the floor, which matters more than it looks. It gets the leaves out of the draught that runs along a floor, off cold tile that chills a root ball in winter, and away from the vacuum cleaner. It also puts a trailing plant where it can actually trail.

It suits a plant that wants to be seen from the side rather than the top: a pothos, a philodendron, a small fern, anything that spills. It does not suit a heavy specimen. A tripod is a tripod, and a large weight up high on three legs is a thing waiting to be knocked over by a cat.

The drainage question, answered properly

There is no hole in the pot, and that is a real limitation rather than an oversight, so it is worth saying what to do about it. Plant into a plastic nursery liner and drop that in. Water the liner over a sink, let it finish draining, and put it back. The outer pot stays dry, your floor stays dry, and the plant gets a proper flush rather than the careful trickle that leads to salt build-up in the soil.

Watering straight into the pot works only if you are exact about the amount, every time. Most people are not, and a root ball sitting in an inch of standing water is the commonest way an indoor plant dies.