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The material technologies described elsewhere on this site relate to leaf construction and have no bearing on a planter bowl. For this range the honest specification is simpler: recycled-material bodies with a polished surface finish, a 30cm working diameter across most of the group, and a fitted chain on the two hanging shapes.
Low Bowls and Hanging Bowls for Shallow Planting
A planter bowl solves a different problem to an upright pot. It is wide and shallow, so it spreads a planting sideways across a table instead of building it upwards, and it sits low enough not to block a sightline. Almost everything here is 30cm across, in polished white, black, grey and vintage white, with two shapes supplied on a chain. Prices run from $29.95 to $249.95 for the pedestal piece.
Depth matters more than diameter
A 30cm bowl is generous across the top but shallow underneath, so the constraint is root ball depth rather than width. Squat 130mm to 175mm nursery pots drop in comfortably, while a deep 200mm pot will sit proud of the rim. Trailing and spreading forms suit a bowl because the foliage breaks over the edge and hides the join.
Sitting or hanging
The polished white, black, grey and vintage white bowls are surface pieces for a dining table, a hall console or a wide window ledge. The hanging rustic white and hanging grey pots arrive with their chain fitted and need a ceiling hook rated for the loaded weight, which is a different job to a wall bracket. More suspended formats sit in the hanging designer pots.
Choosing between a bowl and an upright
Choose a bowl where the planting should stay below eye level, such as a kitchen island or a reception counter people speak across, and an upright pot where the specimen needs height. The 30cm imitation dark stone geometric planter is the squared alternative if a round bowl feels too soft. For advice on a specimen, call 1800 617 341.
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Surface and hanging in one range. The same 30cm diameter in both formats.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How deep is a 30cm planter bowl?
Shallower than an upright pot of the same diameter, which is the point of the shape. Treat the width as generous and the depth as the limiting factor: a squat 130mm to 175mm nursery pot drops in and sits below the rim, while a deep 200mm pot will stand proud. Check the depth figure on the individual product page before matching a specimen, since the polished bowls and the geometric 30cm planter differ from each other.
Do pot bowls suit fake plants and dried arrangements?
They suit them particularly well. A fake plant has no root ball, so the shallow section that limits a live specimen is irrelevant, and the wide 30cm opening gives room to fan several stems out into a spreading arrangement. Dried material has the same advantage. Because no water is involved, the polished finish on the white, black and grey bowls stays unmarked, which is what makes bowls the standard choice for dining tables.
What plants look right in a shallow bowl?
Spreading and trailing forms, because the foliage breaks over the 30cm rim and softens the edge. Succulent-style groupings, low ferns and trailing ivy all read correctly. Anything upright and single-stemmed looks unbalanced in a bowl and belongs in a taller pot instead.
How do planter bowls compare with the round designer pots range?
Bowls are wide and shallow and keep a planting low; the round designer pots are deeper vessels that run from 14cm to 71cm and are chosen to give a specimen height. A 30cm bowl and a 47cm round pot occupy different jobs entirely, and many rooms use both, with the bowl on the table and the round pot on the floor beside it.
What fixing does a hanging pot with a chain need?
A ceiling hook or eye anchored into a joist, not a plasterboard toggle, and rated for the pot loaded rather than empty. The hanging rustic white and hanging grey pots arrive with their chain already fitted, so the only site work is the anchor. If the ceiling cannot be penetrated, the wall-mounted planters in the wider range are the workaround.
Can planter bowls be used outdoors?
On a covered balcony or a sheltered courtyard table, yes. A shallow 30cm bowl catches rain and holds it, so an uncovered position needs either a drainage hole or an artificial planting that does not care. Wind is the other consideration, since a wide, light bowl moves more readily than a narrow, tall pot.
Is there a bowl that works as a standalone feature?
The luxury rounded marble planter with pedestal base, available in two sizes, is the piece in this group intended to be a feature rather than a container. The stem lifts the bowl clear of the surface so the shape is visible from the side, which none of the flat-bottomed 30cm bowls achieve. It starts at $249.95.
Do the polished bowls come in matching colours?
The polished bowls are offered in white, black and grey, plus a polished vintage white with a softer, aged surface. The plain white and the vintage white are close but not identical, so if two bowls are going side by side on the same table it is worth choosing one or the other rather than mixing them.
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Bowls get specified where a planting has to stay below a sightline, which is why they turn up on restaurant pass counters, hotel reception desks and boardroom tables far more often than upright pots do.
Low profile by design. At 30cm across and shallow in section, these bowls hold a spreading arrangement without interrupting a conversation across a table, and they clear the underside of most pendant lighting.
Two formats, one diameter. Because the surface bowls and the chain-hung pots share the same 30cm working diameter, a venue can run the same planting recipe on the counter and overhead without a second specification.
Suspended loads. Chain-hung pots need a ceiling fixing sized for the loaded weight rather than the empty weight, and it is worth confirming the anchor point before the order goes in rather than after.
Finish combinations across a multi-site order are confirmed on enquiry.
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