Our African Violet Pots are self-watering. The inner planter of our handmade African violet pots is unglazed ceramic, enabling your African violets to slowly soak up water as needed. Homeplace Creations has custom designed our collection of African violet pots to take the guesswork out of watering these gorgeous house plants. The African violet planter insert is glazed only along the rim for neatness. The rest of the insert, where the dirt is, is left unglazed to slowly absorb water. This way the plant never gets over watered, nor do you add water directly into the dirt.