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Plant emoji

🪴 🌱 🌿: the plant emoji for growth and plant parents. Copy them here.

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A little context

What the plant emoji means

🪴 (potted plant, Emoji 13.0) is the houseplant: plant parents, home décor, “my babies”. 🌱 (seedling) is growth, new starts and eco themes. 🌿 (herb) and 🍃 are leaves, 🌵 the cactus, 🎍 bamboo. “Touch grass” — get offline — uses 🌱 or 🌿. The leaf emoji guide covers the leaves in detail.

Unicode name: potted plant · U+1FAB4 · Emoji 13.0 (2020) · group: Animals & Nature.

IN A MESSAGErepotted all six today, plant parent life 🪴

How people use it

  • Houseplants: 🪴🌿
  • Growth: 🌱 for new starts
  • Eco: 🌱💚 — see the green heart guide
  • Touch grass: 🌱

Compare the options

EmojiNameUse it forWatch out for
potted plantU+1FAB4Potted plantNewer
seedlingU+1F331Seedling; growthUniversal
herbU+1F33FHerb; greeneryLeaves
cactusU+1F335Cactus; desert, pricklyDry

Chat examples

Real messages with 🪴, and a reply that fits.

  1. 🪴 new plant

    🌱

  2. 🪴 plant parent

    🌿

  3. 🌱 sprouting!

    🍃

Questions people ask

What does 🌱 mean?

Growth, a new start, or eco-friendliness. Also the “touch grass” joke.

Is there a houseplant emoji?

🪴 potted plant, added in Emoji 13.0.

About this guide

Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.

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