Flower Pot

Type	Solid Block
Requirements	None
Physics	No
Transparency	Yes
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Tool	Any tool
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
First appearances	See History
Drops	Itself
Block entity id	flower_pot
Data values	Block dec: 140 hex: 8C bin: 10001100 Item dec: 390 hex: 186 bin: 110000110
Name	flower_pot

"Pots" redirects here. For potions, see Potion. For the block that holds water, see Cauldron.

A flower pot is a decorative block that allows plants in it.

Obtaining[edit | edit source]

Flower pots can be mined using any tool, or without a tool.

A flower pot will also drop itself as an item when pushed by a piston.

Natural generation[edit | edit source]

Flower pots naturally generate in witch huts where they contain a red mushroom, the basement of igloos where they contain a cactus and in woodland mansions.

Crafting[edit | edit source]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Brick

Usage[edit | edit source]

A flower pot can be used to hold various plants. Plants that can be placed in a pot include any one block high flowers, saplings, ferns, dead bushes, mushrooms and cacti.

Flower pots can be placed on upside-down slabs and upside-down stairs. They can not be placed on normal slabs and stairs. Flower pots are ³⁄₈ of a block high and can be stepped on. It is not possible to walk from the top of a flower pot onto a full sized block without jumping. It is possible to jump from a flower pot onto a fence.

The plant can be removed from the flower pot by pressing the use control.^{[Java Edition only]}

Data values[edit | edit source]

ID[edit | edit source]

Flower Pot	ID Name	Numerical ID
Block	`flower_pot`	140
Item	`flower_pot`	390

Block entity[edit | edit source]

See also: Block entity format

A flower pot has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block. The block's block entity ID is flower_pot.

Block entity data
- Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template
- Item: The Block ID of the plant in the pot. Known valid blocks are minecraft:sapling (6), minecraft:tallgrass (31), minecraft:deadbush (32), minecraft:yellow_flower (37), minecraft:red_flower (38), minecraft:brown_mushroom (39), minecraft:red_mushroom (40), minecraft:cactus (81). Other block and item IDs may be used, but not all will render. Together with Data, this determines the item dropped by the pot when destroyed.
- Data: The data value to use in conjunction with the above Block ID. For example if Item is 6 (a sapling block), the Data is used to indicate the type of sapling.

Block state[edit | edit source]

See also: Block states

Name	Value	Description
contents	`empty`	The flower pot contains no plant.
	`rose`	poppy
	`blue_orchid`
	`allium`
	`houstonia`	Azure Bluet
	`red_tulip`
	`orange_tulip`
	`white_tulip`
	`pink_tulip`
	`oxeye_daisy`
	`dandelion`
	`oak_sapling`
	`spruce_sapling`
	`birch_sapling`
	`jungle_sapling`
	`acacia_sapling`
	`dark_oak_sapling`
	`mushroom_red`
	`mushroom_brown`
	`dead_bush`
	`fern`
	`cactus`
legacy_data	`0–15`	The data values that previously described the flower pot, in versions older than 1.7.2. Values 0–13 had been sufficient for saplings, mushrooms, rose, dandelion, cactus, fern and dead bush. 16 values was ultimately insufficient to include the 8 additional flowers.

Achievements[edit | edit source]

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Xbox	PS	Pocket	Nintendo	Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
	Pot Planter	Craft and place a Flower Pot.		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	15G	Bronze

History[edit | edit source]

Official release

16th August, 2012 Dinnerbone tweeted the first image of flower pots.

1.4.2 12w34a Added flower pots.

12w40a A potted red mushroom now can be found on one window of a witch hut.

1.7.2 13w37a Block ID 140 "flower pot" was removed from the /give command.

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They no longer use data values. Old data values can be found here:

	DV	Description
	0	Empty Flower Pot
	1	Poppy Flower Pot
	2	Dandelion Flower Pot
	3	Oak sapling Flower Pot
	4	Spruce sapling Flower Pot
	5	Birch sapling Flower Pot
	6	Jungle sapling Flower Pot
	7	Red mushroom Flower Pot
	8	Brown mushroom Flower Pot
	9	Cactus Flower Pot
	10	Dead bush Flower Pot
	11	Fern Flower Pot
	12	Acacia sapling Flower Pot
	13	Dark oak sapling Flower Pot

1.9 15w43a A potted cactus can now be found on a table in igloo basements.

1.11 16w32a The block entity ID is changed from FlowerPot to flower_pot.

16w39a The potted plant can now be removed from the pot by pressing use.

Flower pots now generate in woodland mansions.

Pocket Edition Alpha

0.12.1 build 1 Added flower pots.

0.14.0 build 1 Flower pots now generate in witch huts.

Pocket Edition

1.0 build 1 Flower pots generate in igloo besements.

1.1 build 1 Pots now generate naturally in woodland mansions.

Console Edition

TU14 CU1 1.04 Patch 1 Added flower pots.

Issues[edit | edit source]

Issues relating to “Flower Pot” are maintained on the issue tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

The flower pot is based on a suggestion from Reddit, like ender chests and item frames.^[1]
When placed in a flower pot, cacti will not harm the player or destroy items.
Flower pots break falling sand and gravel blocks.
When aiming at the side of a transparent block behind or above a crafting table the pot will not be placed on said block but on top of the crafting table instead.