Most desk plants fail for one reason: the pot is too pretty to be useful, or too useful to look like anything.

The Baby Groot planter is a 6-inch PVC pot with a drainage hole. The cavity is 3" deep and 2.5" wide — enough for a succulent or a handful of pens. People keep it next to a monitor because it takes almost no space and doesn’t look like office junk.

If you’re building a calmer desk, start with one object that does two jobs. That’s the bar for everything we stock.