The LEGO Botanical sets must be really popular because LEGO is adding more brick-built flowers to other themes as well.
A cute promotional set we got a couple of years ago was the #40588 LEGO Flowerpot, which seems to have started the trend of smaller potted plants, like the #10329 LEGO Botanical Tiny Plants in 2024, and the LEGO Botanical Four Gentlemen Series in 2024/25. We talked about these sets previously in detail (see links at the end of this post).
LEGO now also adds brick-built flowers as decorations in other sets. One of my favorites from last year is the #31156 LEGO Creator 3-in-1 Ukulele with three alternate builds, all featuring flowers. A similar set this year is the #31169 LEGO Creator 3-in-1 Typewriter with Flowers, also featuring three alternate builds.
The LEGO Chinese New Year sets are already known for their intricate details and striking colors, and some even include brick-built flowers. The #80110 LEGO Lunar New Year Display from 2023 features a beautiful moutan peony arrangement, and the #80117 LEGO Chinese New Year Good Fortune is decorated with small flower buds and berries in a beautifully printed vase.
Yet another theme that picked up on the flower trend is LEGO Disney. The #43237 LEGO Disney Isabela’s Flowerpot and the #43252 LEGO Disney Moana’s Flowerpot both feature pretty flowers in a flowerpot that opens to reveal a hidden room full of fun movie details. These sets offer a more complex building experience and fun play possibilities for older kids (the recommended age is 9+), and once play is done, they make good display pieces for a room or shelf.
The LEGO Botanical sets mostly appeal to adult builders, but I like this trend of sneaking in flowers into other themes. They add unique pieces and an interesting building experience that everyone would enjoy. And they also add a splash of color and beauty to LEGO displays.
What do you think? How do you like LEGO’s brick-built flowers? Do you have any of the LEGO Botanical sets? What other themes would you like to see incorporate brick-built flowers? Star Wars? Super Heroes? Ninjago? Technic? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below!
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Don’t miss out on the Bontanicals polybag set (30701 Field Flowers) that’s out now! Polybag sets are unfortunately easy to miss out on since Lego’s marketing ignores them completely. You can’t even buy them from the Lego store except when one gets offered as a gift with purchase or VIP reward.
In addition to what you listed, some of the Chinese cultural sets (80117 Good Fortune, 80110 Lunar New Year Display) have some nice flowers incorporated into them.
Oh, yes, the printed vase in the Chinese New Year set is so pretty! And so are the flowers. Admin can you add those for future reference?
Sure, I will do that now…
Thanks for mentioning those! I added the two Chinese New Year sets in the article. I initially thought about adding the Field of Flowers, but then I decided against it as it is so hard to find. Plus I kind of wanted to focus on potted or in some other way attached flowers here. Loose flowers are fairly common in seasonal sets.
My older sister got me the Plum Blossom for Christmas and not only was I rather surprised at how much effort it took to put it together, (Not exactly a simple build, so it felt like a good, healthy level of challenge.) but how nice it looks in person. I have it up on a shelf above my pc desk under an Ikea puck light and it looks great.
I have the ukulele, and I love it! It was a fun build and I like how it looks on my lego shelf. I admit though, I haven’t tried building the alternate models. I didn’t have the heart to take apart the ukulele. But I’m planning to get the typewriter as well. Both sets are so cute!
Oh, I wasn’t aware of the Disney flowerpots! Thanks for featuring those! I love the little secret compartments, and the flowers are pretty. I also like that they made the pots look like baskets.
Me too! I completely missed these! I like these even better than the botanical sets because they also have a play feature. It reminds me of those little capsules they had for Friends, but these are even better because they are brickbuilt.
Maybe it wasn’t as popular as the later sets, but the 10309 Succulents from 2022 also came in small pots. But succulents get less love in general because they don’t always produce colorful flowers.