Three Tier Corner Plant Stand in Solid Oak

A plant stand rated for the weight of a pot when it is wet rather than when it is dry, which is roughly double and is the number most stands are not designed around.

Plants are heavier than people expect and wetter than furniture likes. A 400mm pot of wet compost is about 25 kilograms, and a stand that is fine for a sculpture will eventually rack under it. Everything in this part of the range is rated wet rather than dry, and everything that a pot sits directly on is either sealed or supplied with a tray, because the commonest way to ruin a good stand is to water the plant on it.

Specification

• Dimensions: 500mm across by 1200mm high
• Display surface: 500mm top with a sealed surface and a 10mm lip
• Construction: welded or mortice and tenon frame, depending on the material
• Finish: solid European oak, 20mm panels on a braced frame, finished in a hardwax oil
• Load rating: 87kg wet, tested at that weight for 30 days
• Levelling: four M10 levelling feet with 20mm of travel, recessed so nothing shows and nothing catches a toe
• Security: not applicable
• Delivery: flat packed or assembled depending on the size
• Weight: approximately 12.8 kilograms
• Wet rating: 87kg, which is a 450mm pot of soaked compost
• Top: sealed and lipped, so a spill stays on the stand
• Drip tray: a matching tray is available and we recommend it
• Feet: sealed and felt padded, so water does not wick into the base
• Takes a pot up to 460mm across

What you get

• The stand
• Felt pads and a spare set
• Levelling feet where the height needs them
• A hex key where it is flat packed
• A watering note, because the commonest way to ruin a stand is to water the plant on it

Setting it up

Arrives assembled and blanket wrapped. Stand it where you want it, level it on the feet, and take the wrapping back to the van, which the delivery crew will do.

Specifying it

Match the stand to the pot and not to the plant. A stand should be a little narrower than the pot so the pot reads as the object, and it needs to carry the weight of the compost wet rather than dry, which is roughly double. Height is worth thinking about for the plant rather than for the room: most house plants want to be up in the light rather than down at ankle level, and a plant on a 700mm stand next to a window will outgrow the same plant on the floor beside it inside a season.