LEGO Botanicals sets are designed for adult fans and plant lovers. First released in January 2021, botanicals sets are well-rooted in the LEGO release schedule, with 27 sets released through January 2025 alone. Inspired by real plants and flowers, these sets were designed with interior decoration in mind, and have made their way into the offices and living spaces around the world.

LEGO Botanicals has quickly become one of LEGO’s most popular themes through its unique blend of creativity and relaxation. While these sets have existed for a few years, 2025 marks the first year where LEGO Botanicals is highlighted as a standalone theme with its own logo and an increased number of new sets. Spring 2025 alone saw four new LEGO Botanicals sets hit the shelves.

2025 marks the year where Botanicals became its own theme.

LEGO and interior decoration

LEGO Botanicals has grown past the traditional boundaries of LEGO fandom, capturing the attention of both seasoned builders and newcomers alike. These beautifully designed sets, have become very popular gifts and elegant home decor pieces, having seem them in vases in the houses of adults with no affinity to LEGO. Their at a distance lifelike appearance brings a touch of nature indoors without the need for watering or sunlight, making them a perfect low-maintenance alternative to real plants. The process of assembling these intricate models offers a relaxing experience, adding an element of mindfulness and creativity to one’s daily routine. Ideal for plant enthusiasts and those with a penchant for unique interior decor. LEGO Botanicals does a great job to combine the joy of building with the everlasting beauty of nature.

The flower stems are sized to fit perfectly in a vase.

The Botanicals Collection

Among the extensive number of sets in the LEGO Botanicals portfolio, most sets fall into one of two categories: flower stems (often arranged as bouquets) and potted plants. Each category employs distinct building techniques to capture the essence of the plants they represent. All LEGO Botanicals sets utilize both System and Technic parts, offering a consistent building foundation with varied details for added intricacy.

Flower Stems

The majority of LEGO Botanicals sets come in the form of flower stems, all utilizing Technic Axle parts such as 32L Axle (Part 50450). Looking at #49647 Lotus Flowers we can see how simplicity can create some great floral shapes. Many of the sets in this theme have recolored variants of flowers that come in different forms. The lotus flowers for example come in both 222Light PurpleBright Pink and 1White, with this set containing both an opened and closed variant for variety. The bulbs themselves are very simple, given that they each contain approximately 80 parts, a part count that is common for one individual flower stem. Given the low part count for each flower, the price of the sets in the LEGO Botanicals can often be kept low, as is seen with the $15 price tag for the smallest flowers. Due to the symmetric nature of flowers, there is often a lot of repetition with each petal enveloping the central disk. This pattern is accomplished through use of bar and clip connections with an interesting use of 5×5 Steering Wheel w/ 2×2 Round Plate (Part 67811) serving as the central connective part.

While some flowers are intricate and complex, others go down a simpler route.

Not all flowers follow the same techniques for building up the petals however. While most leverage the enveloping technique using bars and clips, not all flowers are built this way. An example of this is with the my favorite of all the flowers released, #40725 Cherry Blossoms. At a glance the Cherry Blossom looks very busy, unlike the simple stems we saw of the lotus flower. This is not a detractor though as these mirror the real life plant elegantly. Given the random nature of organic life, each plant is unique and different in their own way, something the designers aim to capture well. As Cherry Blossom flowers are relatively small, measuring 1 to 2 inches in diameter, and with them appearing in clusters, the designers had to be creative. A large number (37 per stem to be exact) of Crown, 5-Points (Part 39262) are used for each individual flower, appearing in clusters that mirror their real life geometry. The five points on the crown do a great job at capturing the petal like aesthetic that embodies this plant. While the builds themselves are the same, to add variety we again see the contrasting colors used, with the same 222Light PurpleBright Pink and 1White used for the petals. To add a bit of color depth, we see the flowers’ disk be 322Bright PurpleDark Pink and 222Light PurpleBright Pink respectively, a slight change in hue that accomplishes great color variation. These stems also highlight how you can create great angles using just a few small parts. Through use of just Bar w/ Clip (Part 48729), 2L Bar w/ Stop Ring (Part 78258) and https://brickarchitect.com/parts/23443) we can see a plethora of angles created for each collection of flowers, allowing for unique angles to break up what would otherwise be a monotonous repetition of patterns.

The Cherry Blossoms look phenomenal. even if they are not necessarily complex.

Potted Plants

Having used the phrase monotonous repetition of patterns in the previous paragraph, that is something that we cannot use to describe the potted plants. To date LEGO has released just two sets of small potted pants, but wow have both been a strong hit in the community. Each set comes with nine pots with a variety of plants in each. Throughout the instruction manual, as we build each plant we are fed with detained descriptions of the plants and their real life properties, providing not just a building experience but an informational experience as well. Released in the summer of 2022 #10309 Succulents was the first of the two and laid the foundation for the sets to come. Each plant comes with its own 26Black planter, which unfortunately is the same for each plant, leading to a repetitive building experience. Variety lies with the plants themselves. Each plant leverages clever use of the parts to replicate the textures and colors of their real life counterparts. With each plant using different vibrant colors and shapes, they all stand out, while blending together well when placed in a group.

If you struggle to keep real plants alive, these succulents can be a great replacement.

Following the success of the succulents, the winter of 2023 saw the second set of 9 potted plants released in the form of #10329 Tiny Plants. As the name states, this set is full of a variety of tiny plants, this time exploring more unique plants that fall under three categories; rainforest plants, carniverous plants and desert plants, with Green Thumb favorites such as the Venus Flytrap and Anthurium immediately capturing your attention. While #10309 Succulents did a great job at capturing the plant detailing, its successor blows it out of the park to a brand new level. Everything from the plants to the pots are done amazingly, this time moving away from the stylish but plain 26Black planters to a traditional 38Dark Orange clay pot design. The colors of each plant are both earthly while vibrant, creating a strong contrast amongst each plant, with all details being immediately visible. What strikes me most about this collection of plants is the amazing parts usage, whether it is printed parts or just recolors of existing parts, they are used to perfection in this set.

The second generation of potted plants have incredible parts usage.

Innovative parts usage

All sets in LEGO Botanicals use a plethora of parts to a whole new level to capture the unique natural elements of plants, but wow do the Potted Plants take this to a whole new level. To highlight some of the innovation I picked some of my favorite builds of each of the two sets to showcase the great design decisions that were taken that deserve calling out.

When digging into the included plants in #10309 Succulents the first stand out is the Moon Cactus, also known as Gymnocalycium Mihanovichii. This popular plant stands the tallest amongst all plants in this set, sporting an octagonal shape. This plant is built in two parts, with each part representing each section of the two species of plants that are grafted together. Yes, contrary to popular belief, this cactus is no a singular plant, instead being two species of plants that are grafted together to give it its iconic look. Each of the two cacti contrast each other elegantly, with the base sporting a muted 330Olive Green with the top portion completing the look with a vibrant 353Vibrant CoralCoral. To accomplish the octagonal shape, a series of 45° 2×3 Slope w/ 2-Studs (Part 3038) parts are connected to a centre column made up of stacked 1×1 Brick, Studs 4-sides (Part 4733) parts. This symmetry is repeated across all four edges to give it its distinct shape. The spines themselves add a beautiful finishing touch, leveraging the small but effective Bar 1L w/ 3-Mini Bar (Part 68211) in 5Brick YellowTan, capturing the cactus’ most defining part. The same octagonal shape is repeated using the central column for the top cactus, instead this time using smaller slopes to create the bulbous shape, allowing it to contrast both in shape and color while capturing the patterns we saw in the base.

While smaller, the second standout plant in #10309 Succulents is the Burro’s Tail, also known as Sedum morganianum. This beautiful succulent that hails from Mexico is known for its long trailing stems and plump leaves, something that the designers exemplified accurately, albeit in a smaller scale, in this build. We once again see 1×1 Brick, Studs 4-sides (Part 4733) used for the central foundational stem, with a whopping Egg (Part 24946) parts in 326Spring Yellowish GreenYellowish Green used for the leaves. Although this build fails to capture the droopy nature of the real life counterpart, the interesting use of parts for the leaves still allows it to stand out while adding uniqueness. To accomplish the angled positioning of the leaves, we see the multipurpose 1×1 Round Plate w/ 45° Bar, Bottom (Part 65578) used as angle stems. This 2020 part might be one of my favorite parts to have been released in the last couple of years, opening up a wide variety of building techniques and angling, while also being very useful for creation action poses for minifigures, breathing life into all your scenes.

Every part when creatively used can serve multiple purposes.

While #10309 Succulents was a great set for its creative parts usage, this got elevated to a new level in #10329 Tiny Plants. It was difficult to narrow down my favorite plants, however four stood out the most. In order starting at the top left in the image below and going clockwise these are the Pitcher Plant (Nepenthaceae Nepenthes), the Laceleaf (Anthurium Andraeanum), the Jade Plant (Crassula Ovata) and the the Venus Flytrap (Dionaea Muscipula). Each of these plants use very few parts but the parts that are used are magnificient.

The pitcher Plant uses simple construction but leverage color and parts to its full effect, using a Broom Bristles (Part 90826) part in 119Bright Yellowish GreenLime for the stem and a Hat / Pith Helmet (Part 30172) in 326Spring Yellowish GreenYellowish Green for the pitcher itself. These parts were both new recolors for this set, coming in 2 and 1 sets respectively to date. These shades of green blend beautifully, but it is the 21Bright RedRed of the spur that brings it all together, utilizing bar and clip connections through the use of the Droid Arm, Bent (Part 30377) part.

The Laceleaf is the tallest of the plants while being elegant yet simple. While the stem and leaves are rather basic, what is worth calling out is the leaf itself. Large 2×2 Plate w/ Clam Shell (Part 18970) parts in 21Bright RedRed. As the base of the leaf curves inwards, two Cattle Horn, Short (Part 64847) in 21Bright RedRed are connected to the base to round off the base of the leaf, a small yet intricate detail. While the overpowering 21Bright RedRed color helps bring out the warmth of the flower, the use of 226Cool YellowBright Light Yellow for the Spadix adds a much needed contrast. The Spadix of the Laceleaf is actually the flower of the plant, with each node on the Spadix being an individual flower. Something that is captured in LEGO form through the use of a 1×1 Flower, 5-Petals (Part 24866) part instead of the use of a traditional 1×1 Round Plate (Part 6141) part.

With the third plant, the Jade Plant, we once again see the power of creative part usage with the introduction of the Hat, Flat Cap (Part 2514) part in 141Earth GreenDark Green for the leaves. This is a recolor of an existing part and is relatively rare, with it only existing in 3 sets to date, with this set including a whopping 8 of them. The rest of this small but simple build is nothing to write home about, but the hats alone were enough to bring it into my top plants for this set as they effectively capture the shapes of the leaves, while being creative through its parts use at the same time.

The final plant is a personal favorite of mine and had to make the list solely due to the plant it tries to recreate, this being the Venus Flytrap. This difficult to grow plant requires very strict soil, humidity and water regulation to keep alive, so this plastic counterpart in LEGO form can be a great way to own this plant without the worry of it meeting its demise. The LEGO variant is the smallest of the plants, made up of fewer than 15 parts but each part is used to its fullest. While the leaves and stem of the plant capture the natural elegance it is the trap itself that stands out. The use of 2×2 Cake Frosting (Part 65700) in 119Bright Yellowish GreenLime is my favorite use of a part. With the drooping frosting elegantly capturing the Cilia (Guard Hairs) in LEGO form. The only criticism I would have is that the trigger hairs would come in a larger quantity and be thinner in real life, but with the limited options available LEGO did a great job. The reddish color of the veins are captured through 2×2 Round, Curved Inverted Tile (Boat Stud) (Part 2654) parts in 42Bright Reddish VioletMagenta and attach perfectly to the outer layer of the plant. While I may be biased as this is my favorite real life plant, I think between the angled shape and the colors the designers did a great job capturing this immediately recognizable plant. While I sing praises I do want to call out that this plant does miss by not having the trigger hairs and with each each Venus Flytrap leaf being its own build there are some inaccuracies with it actually being able to consume its prey. It is also worth pointing out that in real life this plant would have more than just one leaf, but with the designers trying to capture the recognizable element of this plant and not add to much repetition I can forgive them for this decision.

This elegant floral display has amazingly creative use of parts.

Just by looking at the few builds we discussed, we can see some of the creative lengths the designers took in both of the potted plant sets. I always applaud interesting uses for existing parts, with the release of recolors being an extra bonus. Almost all of the unique parts we saw in #10329 Tiny Plants are rather hard to come by, with this set releasing them in abundance. I hope we continue to see the creative part usage employed in whatever future potted plants we see in the LEGO Botanicals wave of sets.

Integrating Botanicals into your builds

To enhance your MOCs, the LEGO Botanicals sets can also be integrated into your builds as trees or interesting plants. As I was building the flower stems, especially #40725 Cherry Blossoms the word that always came to my mind is TREES. By reducing the length of the stems and using a 1×1 Round Plate w/ Bar (Part 20482) to turn the Technic connection into a System connection you now have some beautiful trees that can fit in your scenes. The 192Reddish Brown of the stems and with its thickness perfectly fit into minifigure scale, thes #40725 Cherry Blossoms is perfect. When placed next to a minifigure, in this case Collectible Minifigure Series 22’s Acorn Kid, we can see the scale and its fitting in to full effect.

The Cherry Blossom branches look beautiful as trees.

Although not as intricate and well fitting as the #40725 Cherry Blossoms, the #49647 Lotus Flowers still work as trees. It is worth noting that due to the flower bulbs being much larger the scale is a little off. By using our creativity however, these could fit well into a Star Wars, Space or Fantasy themed build, where the boundaries of realism can be stretched a bit.

Although the scale is not perfect, even flower bulbs can fit in a minifigure scale scene.

In the potted plants sets, the pots themselves are way too large to be minifigure scale, The plants that grow in them do fit minifigure scale well however, were we to assume they are oversized variants of the real life plant. The plants themselves, through their creative and varied parts usage blend in with minifigure scale well, adding a different flavour tp the traditional leaf or shrubbery parts such as 3×3 Bamboo (Part 30176)and Bush (Part 6064). While these traditional plant parts are not bad by any means, brick built always adds detailing to a new level. Although unintentional in my comparison, through the use of the Acorn Kid minifigure, these oversized plants push the creative boundaries as the minifigure looks like it comes straight out of a scene in Alice in Wonderland or Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, something I found fun.

I feel the LEGO designers considered minifigure scale when sizing the potted flowers.

Placing LEGO Botanicals builds next to a minifigure doesn’t do the integration justice. To fully showcase how the LEGO Botanicals can fit seamlessly into your everyday builds, I threw together a fantasy forest scene, mixing up the plants between those from the LEGO Botanicals sets and some that I built on my own. You can see from this simple build how well it all blends together and adds elegance to the scene with ease. While this build was quickly thrown together, with more complexity in the build, the plants can further be the substance that brings the scene to life. Everything from the flowers in the potted plants to the flower stems work here, showing that you do not need to be constrained to the builds in the sets alone.

Botanical flowers fit perfectly as trees in your LEGO builds.

While so far I have bee exploring mostly the botted plants and the tree stems, I want to call out that 2021’s #10281 Bonsai Tree in my opinion is the greatest example of a tree built in LEGO. Not only is this tree a phenomenal stand alone decorative piece, but the sizing is excellent for minifigure scale, embodying all the details, shapes and colors of an aged and weathered tree. The designers put a ton of great thought into this tree along with the others in this line of sets, once again emphasizing that LEGO parts have an endless possibility of uses; who would have thought that Frog (Part 33320) parts could make for a beautiful flower substitute.

The LEGO Bonsai Tree might be the best tree that LEGO has ever created.

Closing thoughts

I am glad that LEGO Botanicals has finally been recognized as its own theme, as that means the line is doing well and we can likely see more sets come out in the coming years. Whether it be for its creative parts usage, the detailed vibrancy through its colors or just its attempted realism. The LEGO Botanicals sets have done a great job at making the most out of everything LEGO has to offer. Whether you pick up these sets for yourself or as a gift for others, they are a great way to have a fun and relaxing build experience, while potentially introducing new people to the LEGO hobby. It has been a pleasure exploring the bountiful riches that this handful of sets have to offer and I am excited to pick up more in the future and continue converting them into plants for my LEGO builds.