To make a flower pot on Minecraft, you'll need 3 bricks arranged in a U-shape on the crafting table. You can also find them directly in certain structures, such as witches' huts, the basements of igloos, or mansions.
This decorative block is intended solely to enhance the appearance of your creations. You can plant a small flower, a sapling, a cactus, or a mushroom in it to bring your interiors to life.
1) How do you make a flowerpot on Minecraft?
To craft a flower pot, you need 3 bricks arranged in a U-shape in the crafting table: two bricks at the bottom left and right, and one brick at the bottom center. This is the basic recipe, which is the same in both the Java Edition and the Bedrock Edition.
The flowerpot is available in all recent versions of the game, starting with version 1.4.2.
Obtain the bricks for manufacturing
A brick is made by firing a ball of clay in a oven. Be careful not to confuse the two: it is the ball of clay that is fired, not the entire block of clay.
When you mine a clay block with a pickaxe, you get 4 clay balls. By firing each clay ball, you get 4 bricks—more than enough to make a pot.
Clay can be easily found along the banks of rivers, lakes, and seas, often beneath a few blocks of sand or gravel. It is one of the most readily available materials in the game.
Craft Recipe: Flower Pot
Once you have your 3 bricks ready, open your crafting table. Place one brick in the bottom left, one in the bottom center, and one in the bottom right. Leave the middle slot empty. This will give you your flowerpot.
This recipe is the same in both the Java Edition and the Bedrock Edition. The ingredients do not change depending on the version.
2) Where can you find a flowerpot in nature?
If you can't find clay, you can use flower pots that have already been generated in the world. These decorative blocks are naturally generated in several structures.
- The basement of an igloo in snowy biomes contains a pot with a cactus.
- Witch huts in the swamp biome often contain them, along with a red mushroom inside.
- The manors of the Dark Forest also contain them, along with various flowers and shoots.
Simply break the pot by hand or with any tool to remove it. The plant inside falls out on its own.
3) How do you use a flower pot?
Place your flowerpot on any solid surface. Then, right-click on the plant of your choice to place it in the pot. The plant will then appear in the pot, and the object will change its appearance.
To remove a plant from a pot, simply right-click on the pot without holding any items. The plant will fall to the ground, and you'll be left with the empty pot.
A pot can hold only one plant at a time. It cannot accommodate large flowers or plants that are several blocks tall.
4) What plants can you put in a flowerpot?
Here is the complete list of plants and vegetation that are compatible with the flower pot in both the Java Edition and the Bedrock Edition:
The Little Flowers
- Potted dandelion
- Potted Allium
- Blue Orchid in a Pot
- Potted daisy
- Potted cornflower
- Red tulip in a pot
- White tulip in a pot
- Orange tulip in a pot
- Pink tulip in a pot
- Potted Wither Rose
- Potted azalea and potted azalea in bloom
- Potted Poppy
- Potted Blue Houstonia
- Potted lily of the valley
- Potted Flower Torch (added in version 1.20)
Large flowers that are two blocks tall (such as lilacs or peonies) are not not compatible with the flowerpot.
Tree shoots
- Potted oak sapling
- Black oak seedling in a pot
- Potted birch sapling
- Potted fir sapling
- Mahogany seedling in a pot
- Potted acacia sapling
- Potted mangrove seedling
- Potted cherry sapling
- Pale oak sapling in a pot
Mushrooms
- Red Mushroom in a Pot
- Brown mushroom in a pot
Plants of the Nether
Several Nether plants are compatible with the flower pot:
- Carmin roots in a pot
- Twisted Roots in a Pot
Other Plants
- Potted cactus
- Potted bamboo
- Potted fern
- Dead potted shrub (dead shrub)
5) Technical specifications of the flowerpot
The flowerpot is a decorative block with no collision. A player can walk through it if the adjacent block allows it.
It doesn't fall when there's nothing underneath it, unlike sand or gravel. It is a solid object in the technical sense.
In Creative mode, you can place as many flower pots as you want. In Survival mode, each pot requires 3 bricks, which is about half a block of clay.
Torches can be placed next to a flower pot without any problems. This block does not interact with any other objects or Redstone mechanisms.
6) Characteristics of Potted Plants
Some plants behave differently once they're placed in a flowerpot. A potted cactus, for example, doesn't deal any damage on contact. So you can touch it without losing any health.
The shoots of potted trees do not grow. They remain the same size as when they were first planted as long as they are in the container.
Mushrooms placed in a flowerpot can survive in daylight. Normally, mushrooms die if the light is too bright. In a pot, they remain healthy.
The allium, the blue orchid, and the dandelion retain their exact appearance. The surrounding blocks have no effect on how they are rendered.
7) Decorating Ideas Using a Flower Pot
A flower pot is one of the easiest decorative items to make. You can use it in many different ways.
- Arrange pots with blue flowers (cornflowers, blue orchids) for a minimalist look.
- Place a jar of red mushrooms in a basement or a dark room for a rustic look.
- Line up several pine or birch pots on a patio or a facade to simulate shrubs.
- Use potted Wither's Rose for a dark and unique touch.
- Combine stairs and pavers with pots to create raised planters.
Flower pots go well with stone, wood, and terracotta. They are versatile decorative elements that complement any architectural style.
8) Differences between the Java Edition and the Bedrock Edition
In the Java edition, each type of flower pot is a separate block with its own identifier. For example, an empty pot and a pot containing a wither rose have different block states.
In the Bedrock Edition, the flowerpot works the same way in terms of recipes. The compatible plants are the same in both versions.
The main difference lies in the technical data used by map and mod creators. For the average player, both editions offer the same experience with this block.
FAQs
Can you plant an azalea in a flower pot?
Yes. Both the azalea and the flowering azalea are compatible with the flowerpot since the Caves and Cliffs update.
Can you plant a mangrove seedling in a pot?
Yes. The potted mangrove seedling has been available since the "Wild Nature" update. It is one of the mangrove plants that can be used for decoration.
Can the flowerpot be broken by hand?
Yes. You can break a flowerpot by hand without any special tools. It breaks quickly and doesn't require any specific tools.
How can you tell which plants are compatible?
All plants that are one block tall are compatible. Large flowers that are two blocks tall, however, cannot be placed in a pot.
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