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The best head planter for adding a quirky green accessory to your home, desk, or garden

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You want to add a little more personality and green to your desk but don’t exactly have a nurturing thumb or much space. Luckily, a head planter is a great compromise, bringing both charm and foliage to your work area without crowding your desk. To help you decide on the best planter style, we’ve tracked down the most-esteemed products here.

Head-planter pots vary in size, design, and purpose. Most are compatible with small desk plants, though head planters are ideal for plants that don’t need much drainage like succulents or pothos. However, there are planters with drainage holes if you’re planning on growing plants that need it. Some models are appropriate for air plants or double as table centerpieces if you decide to skip the greenery.

Ceramic is the choice material for its elegance and durability, though polyresin is more common for intricate designs with lifelike features. Take a look at some of our best picks.

Rocky Mountain Brands Baby Groot Flowerpot

Best Groot

The Rocky Mountain Brands planter is the standout choice if you need a gift idea for a Marvel fan. It features Baby Groot in a characteristic pose of cheek in hand with his irresistibly cute eyes. At the bottom is a drainage hole to prevent root rot and provide ventilation. Made of polyresin measuring 5.7 inches tall, 4 inches wide, and 4.6 inches long, this planter fits comfortably on any desktop.

Dahey Air Plant Holder

Best Elegant Design

For the artistically inclined, this elegant holder from Dahey is the winning pick. The genius design features an outstretched ceramic hand that holds an air plant for a dramatic home-accent piece. This planter looks especially mesmerizing on bookshelves or coffee tables, but it also modernizes any garden easily. It measures 3.25 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 1.8 inches high.

Poitemsic Personality White Ceramic Small Succulent Cactus Face Planter

Best Design

The Poitemsic planter features a six-face design in white ceramic. Winning best design in our books, it’s compatible with no-drainage plants like cacti and succulents. At 3.7 inches high and 4.4 inches wide, this shallow planter is also a fitting key storage, coin bank, or candle holder.

Garden-head planters have come a long way since the cheesy chia-planter days of yore. Now, elegant designs like ceramic vases or on-trend styles like comic-book characters are widely available to help spruce up any living space in your home. Keep in mind that some planters are equipped with drainage holes, while others are not. Whichever style you go for, any of the pots on our list also double as stylish home decor with or without plants.

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